Class 5 Reading Passage on Fisherman and Genie

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Class 5 Reading Passage on Fisherman and Genie

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Smart Solutions: Reading Comprehension for Class 5

This Grade 5 reading comprehension worksheet, The Fisherman and the Genie, teaches students the importance of intelligence, patience, and problem-solving. The story of a poor fisherman and a powerful genie highlights how quick thinking can turn danger into safety. Through multiple-choice and reflective questions, learners develop comprehension, reasoning, and moral understanding.
Students explore how wisdom and courage help overcome fear, building strong analytical reading skills and decision-making confidence.

Why Reading Comprehension Matters in Grammar?

Reading comprehension builds more than just understanding—it strengthens reasoning. For Grade 5 learners, this topic is vital because:
1. It improves logical thinking and decision-making in tricky situations.
2. It enhances vocabulary and sentence comprehension.
3. It develops moral reasoning and perspective-taking.
4. It nurtures clarity, confidence, and emotional awareness.

What’s Inside This Worksheet?

This worksheet offers structured comprehension practice with meaningful reflection:

🧠 Exercise 1 – Multiple Choice Questions
Students choose correct options to check their understanding of main ideas and moral lessons.

✏️ Exercise 2 – Short Answer Questions
Learners describe events and characters in their own words to strengthen clarity and reasoning.

📋 Exercise 3 – Reflective Questions
Students reflect on life lessons about wisdom, fear, and clever problem-solving.

✅ Answer Key (For Parents & Educators)

Exercise 1 – Choose the Correct Option
1. b) A brass jar
2. d) He was angry after being trapped
3. a) By tricking him back into the jar

Exercise 2 – Short Answers
1. A genie who had been trapped for years was inside the jar.
2. He tricked the genie into going back into the jar to save himself.
3. He made the genie promise to do good before freeing him.

Exercise 3 – Reflective Answers
1. Quick thinking helps us find safe and smart solutions.
2. His clever words and calm actions showed intelligence and control.
3. Wisdom helps overcome fear and danger wisely.
4. Synonym of "shouted": Roared

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