English Comprehension 1 

Upper Primary Study 

One rainy evening, as Maya waited at the bus stop, she noticed an old man sitting alone on a bench, completely drenched. People walked past him without offering help. Maya felt a strange sense of responsibility. Despite having an umbrella, she approached the man and offered it to him. He looked at her with surprise and smiled faintly.

“Thank you, child,” he said, his voice trembling. “No one has spoken to me all day.”

Maya sat beside him, shared the umbrella, and started a conversation. The old man, Mr. Das, had once been a school teacher but now lived alone. His children had moved abroad, and he seldom had anyone to talk to. That evening, Maya missed her bus, but she gained something far more valuable—a connection.

 Questions (Each carries 1 mark):

Comprehension (6 marks)

1. What was the weather like when Maya was at the bus stop?

a) Sunny 

b) Snowy

c) Rainy

d) Windy

2. What was unusual about the old man?

a) He was shouting at people

b) He was asleep

c) He was drenched and alone

d) He was playing music

3. What did Maya offer to the old man?

a) Food

b) Her seat

c) Her umbrella

d) Money

4. How did the old man react to Maya’s gesture?

a) He refused

b) He cried

c) He smiled faintly and thanked her

d) He ignored her

5. What did Maya learn from this experience?

a) To never miss the bus

b) That old people are annoying

c) That kindness creates meaningful connections

d) That waiting is boring

6. What was Mr. Das’s profession?

a) Farmer

b) School teacher

c) Postman

d) Policeman

Grammar (5 marks)

7. Choose the correct indirect speech:

Mr. Das said, “No one has spoken to me all day.”

a) Mr. Das said no one speaks to him all day.

b) Mr. Das said that no one had spoken to him all day.

c) Mr. Das said that no one has spoken to him all day.

d) Mr. Das said that no one spoke to him all day.

8. Identify the tense used in this sentence: Maya missed her bus.

a) Present perfect

b) Future

c) Past simple

d) Past perfect

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9. Choose the correct passive form: People walked past him.

a) He was walked past by people.

b) He walked past people.

c) People have been walking past him.

d) He was being walked past.

10. Identify the part of speech: completely

a) Noun

b) Verb

c) Adjective

d) Adverb

11. Which is the correct question tag for: She offered it to him, ___?

a) didn’t she?

b) does she?

c) isn’t she?

d) hadn’t she?

Vocabulary (4 marks)

12. What does “drenched” mean?

a) Dried

b) Completely wet

c) Tired

d) Dirty

13. Find a synonym for “trembling” from the options below:

a) Laughing

b) Shaking

c) Sleeping

d) Thinking

14. Which word from the passage means “rarely”?

a) Often

b) Seldom

c) Always

d) Daily

15. Choose the antonym of “valuable” from the options below:

a) Worthless

b) Precious

c) Useful

d) Expensive 

         Answers:

1. c) Rainy
2. c) He was drenched and alone
3. c) Her umbrella
4. c) He smiled faintly and thanked her
5. c) That kindness creates meaningful connections
6. b) School teacher
7. b) Mr. Das said that no one had spoken to him all day.
8. c) Past simple
9. a) He was walked past by people.
10. d) Adverb
11. a) didn’t she?
12. b) Completely wet
13. b) Shaking
14. b) Seldom
15. a) Worthless