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Reading Comprehension Worksheet

Peggy’s Water-Plants
By Arabella Buckley

Read the story. Then answer the questions.

When Wednesday came, Peggy's pan was ready. She had taken it to the
pond and dipped it gently under the duckweed. She brought it up quite full,
and picked it over very carefully, leaving only the best plants. Then she
carried it to the show-room. There she put the yellow lily into the middle of
the pan, so that the flower, and the stalk with the seed-vessel, fitted into the
hollow between the ears of the large green leaf just at the leaf-stalk. Next she
put pieces of the water-crowfoot, the pretty white blossoms streaked with
yellow resting upon the top of the water. Lastly, she put spikes of the water-
milfoil round the edge of the pan. Their leaves made little green stars in the
water all the way round. Then she wrote her card. This is what she said:
1. The yellow water-lily grows in the pond near the farm. It has a thick stem
rooted in the mud down at the bottom. The large shining green leaves have
grown to the top of the water on long stalks. Then we can see the small inner
flower-leaves. It is shaped like a water-bottle with a round cushion on the top.
2. The water-crowfoot grows in our pond. It is a kind of buttercup. It has five
outer green leaves. They turn back against the stem when the flower is open.
After the petals, come many stamens, and in the middle of the flower, a
number of seed-boxes.
3. There is duckweed in our pond. Each plant has one little root in the water
and a kind of stem at the top. The tiny flowers come out of a slit in the side of
the stem.
4. The water-milfoil grows almost all under water. Only the small pink flowers
stand in a spike out in the air. The flowers at the top of the spike have only
stamens in them.
Peggy's water-nosegay and show-card won the prize.

Answer each question.

1. How did Peggy prepare her pan?

2. What did Peggy write?
3. Give the description of a yellow water-lily.
4. How does water-crowfoot grow?
5. What is duckweed?
6. Tell about the water-milfoil?
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Grade 5 Reading Comprehension Worksheet

Peggy’s Water-Plants
By Arabella Buckley

Read the story. Then answer the questions.

When Wednesday came, Peggy's pan was ready. She had taken it to the pond and dipped it
gently under the duckweed. She brought it up quite full, and picked it over very carefully,
leaving only the best plants. Then she carried it to the show-room. There she put the yellow
lily into the middle of the pan, so that the flower, and the stalk with the seed-vessel, fitted
into the hollow between the ears of the large green leaf just at the leaf-stalk. Next she put
pieces of the water-crowfoot, the pretty white blossoms streaked with yellow resting upon
the top of the water. Lastly, she put spikes of the water-milfoil round the edge of the pan.
Their leaves made little green stars in the water all the way round. Then she wrote her card.
This is what she said:
1. The yellow water-lily grows in the pond near the farm. It has a thick stem rooted in the
mud down at the bottom. The large shining green leaves have grown to the top of the water
on long stalks. Then we can see the small inner flower-leaves. It is shaped like a water-bottle
with a round cushion on the top.
2. The water-crowfoot grows in our pond. It is a kind of buttercup. It has five outer green
leaves. They turn back against the stem when the flower is open. After the petals, come
many stamens, and in the middle of the flower, a number of seed-boxes.
3. There is duckweed in our pond. Each plant has one little root in the water and a kind of stem
at the top. The tiny flowers come out of a slit in the side of the stem.
4. The water-milfoil grows almost all under water. Only the small pink flowers stand in a spike
out in the air. The flowers at the top of the spike have only stamens in them.
Peggy's water-nosegay and show-card won the prize.

Answer each question.

1. How did Peggy get ready her pan?

Peggy got ready her pan by Wednesday. She carried it to the show-room. There she put
the yellow lily into the middle of the pan. Next she put pieces of the water-crowfoot, the
pretty white blossoms streaked with yellow resting upon the top of the water. Lastly, she
put spikes of the water-milfoil round the edge of the pan.
2. What did Peggy write?
Peggy wrote the card in which she gave the complete detail of it.
3. Give the description of yellow water-lily.
The yellow water-lily grows in the pond. It has a thick stem rooted in the mud down at the
bottom. The large shining green leaves have grown to the top of the water on long stalks.
It is shaped like a water-bottle with a round cushion on the top.
4. How does water-crowfoot grow?
The water-crowfoot grows in a pond. It is a kind of buttercup. It has five outer green
leaves. They turn back against the stem when the flower is open. After the petals, come
many stamens, and in the middle of the flower, a number of seed-boxes.
5. What is duckweed?
Duckweed is a plant that grows in water. Each plant has one little root in the water and a
kind of stem at the top. The tiny flowers come out of a slit in the side of the stem.
6. Tell about the water-milfoil?
The water-milfoil grows almost all under water. Only the small pink flowers stand in a
spike out in the air. The flowers at the top of the spike have only stamens in them.
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