Reading Comprehension Worksheet The Selfish Giant

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Reading Comprehension Worksheet
The Selfish Giant

By Oscar Wilde
Read the story. Then answer the questions.

Every afternoon, the children used to go and play in the Giant's garden. It was a
large garden, here and there stood beautiful flowers and there were peach-
trees the birds sat on the trees and sang so sweetly that the children listen to
them. One day the Giant came back. He had been to visit his friend and had
stayed with him for seven years. He saw the children playing in the garden.
'What are you doing here?' he cried, and the children ran away. The Giant built
a high wall around it. Then the spring came, only in the garden of the Selfish
Giant it was still winter. 'I cannot understand why the spring is so late in
coming,' said the Selfish Giant. One morning the Giant heard some music. It
sounded sweet to his ears, 'I believe the spring has come at last,' said the Giant.
Then he saw a most wonderful sight. Through a little hole in the wall the
children had crept in, and they were sitting in the branches of the trees. And the
trees had covered themselves with blossoms, the birds were twittering and the
flowers were looking up. 'How selfish I have been!' he said; 'now I know why
the spring would not come here. I will knock down the wall, and my garden shall
be the children's playground forever.' So he opened the front door and the
children, when they saw that the Giant was not wicked any longer, came
running, and with them came the spring. 'It is your garden now, little children,'
said the Giant, and he knocked down the wall. All day long children played, and
in the evening they came to the Giant to bid him good-bye.
Answer each question.

1. Where did the children play and how did the garden look?
2. Who came back and what did he do?
3. Why did the spring not come in the Giant’s garden?
4. What did the Giant hear one morning?
5. What did he say to himself?
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Grade 5 Reading Comprehension Worksheet

The Selfish Giant
By Oscar Wilde
Read the story. Then answer the questions.
Every afternoon, the children used to go and play in the Giant's garden. It was a large garden,
here and there stood beautiful flowers and there were peach-trees the birds sat on the trees
and sang so sweetly that the children listen to them. One day the Giant came back. He had
been to visit his friend and had stayed with him for seven years. He saw the children playing
in the garden. 'What are you doing here?' he cried, and the children ran away. The Giant
built a high wall around it. Then the spring came, only in the garden of the Selfish Giant it was
still winter. 'I cannot understand why the spring is so late in coming,' said the Selfish
Giant. One morning the Giant heard some music. It sounded sweet to his ears, 'I believe the
spring has come at last,' said the Giant. Then he saw a most wonderful sight. Through a little
hole in the wall the children had crept in, and they were sitting in the branches of the trees.
And the trees had covered themselves with blossoms, the birds were twittering and the
flowers were looking up. 'How selfish I have been!' he said; 'now I know why the spring
would not come here. I will knock down the wall, and my garden shall be the children's
playground forever.' So he opened the front door and the children, when they saw that the
Giant was not wicked any longer, came running, and with them came the spring. 'It is your
garden now, little children,' said the Giant, and he knocked down the wall. All day long
children played, and in the evening they came to the Giant to bid him good-bye.
Answer each question.
1. Where did the children play and how did the garden look like?
The children played in the Giant's garden. It was a large garden, there stood beautiful
flowers and peach-trees, the birds sat on the trees and sang so sweetly.
2. Who did come back and what did he do?
The Giant came back to his garden after seven years. When he saw the children playing in
the garden, he cried in anger, the children frightened and they ran away.
3. Why did the spring not come in the Giant’s garden?
The spring did not come in the Giant’s garden because he was a selfish giant and he didn’t
allow the children to play in the garden and built the wall around it.
4. What did the Giant hear one morning?
One morning the Giant heard some music. He said that the spring has come at last, and
then he saw a most wonderful sight. Through a little hole in the wall the children had
crept in, and they were sitting in the branches of the trees. The trees also had covered
themselves with blossoms, the birds were twittering and the flowers were looking up.
5. What did he say to himself?
He said, 'How selfish I have been!' now I know why the spring would not come here. I will
knock down the wall, and my garden shall be the children's playground forever.' So he
opened the front door and the children came running, and with them came the spring.
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