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Silly Poems Comprehension Worksheet

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Silly Poems Comprehension Worksheet

Read the poem carefully, then answer each question. For the final question, create your own rhyming poem.

The Pudding That Couldn’t Sit Still

A wobbly pudding, purple and round, Went bouncing along with a plip and a pound. It leapt over spoons and sprang past a plate, Then landed in jam beside the garden gate! It spotted a robin and gave a small bow, “Would you like to dance with me now?” They twirled round the teapot, then laughed at the view, While the pudding did a jig in its hat made of stew.

Reading Comprehension

Use details from the poem to answer these questions.

1.What colour was the pudding?
  • Purple
  • Green
  • Yellow
  • Red
2.Where did the pudding land?
3.Which animal did the pudding meet?
4.What did the pudding invite the robin to do?
5.Write two words from the poem that show how the pudding moved.

Language Skills

Look closely at the poem’s sounds and punctuation.

6.In the first verse, identify the two pairs of rhyming words.
7.What punctuation mark ends the line “Then landed in jam beside the garden gate!”?
  • Full stop
  • Comma
  • Question mark
  • Exclamation mark
8.Write a silly four-line poem about a funny food character. Make at least one pair of lines rhyme.

3 printable pages

  • Silly Poems Comprehension Worksheet, page 1 of 3: The Pudding That Couldn’t Sit Still, Reading Comprehension

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  • Silly Poems Comprehension Worksheet, page 2 of 3: Language Skills

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  • Silly Poems Comprehension Worksheet, page 3 of 3: 8. Write a silly four-line poem about a funny food character. Make at least one pair of

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