Meet the Bengal Tiger: Grade 2 Reading Comprehension

The Bengal tiger is a mammal. It lives in the forests, grasslands and mangrove swamps of India and Bangladesh. Its home is full of trees.

The Bengal tiger eats deer, wild pigs and water buffalo. It hunts alone, mostly at dusk and at night, and is a strong swimmer.

The Bengal tiger has orange fur with dark stripes. This helps it hide in tall grass and shadows while it stalks prey. It is about 3 meters long, including its tail.

Baby Bengal tigers are called cubs. Cubs stay with their mother for about two years while they learn to hunt.

Questions

Details Where does the Bengal tiger live?
oceans around the world, from shallow reefs to the deep sea the sandy Sahara Desert in North Africa the forests, grasslands and mangrove swamps of India and Bangladesh warm forests in Africa and Madagascar
Details Which of these does the Bengal tiger eat?
lemmings birch bark wild pigs sedges
Cause and effect According to the passage, how does the Bengal tiger use orange fur with dark stripes?
It helps it hide in tall grass and shadows while it stalks prey. They keep it warm and hidden against the snow. It helps it blend in with snow or with rocks and plants. It lets it sip nectar from deep inside flowers.
Main idea What is paragraph 2 mostly about?
how its body helps it what it eats where the animal sleeps how scientists count animals
Vocabulary Baby Bengal tigers are called…
hatchlings cubs larvae joeys
Inference What word best describes where the Bengal tiger lives?
full of trees freezing cold wide and open near fresh water
Main idea What is this passage mostly about?
how to keep a pet the life of the emperor penguin the life of the Bengal tiger the colors of deer

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