Grade 4 Reading Comprehension | Free English Worksheets - Free Printable

Let’s go through each question one by one, using the poem “The Jungle” to find the answers.

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Question 1: What does the clock measure in the poem?

Look at the first stanza:

> Tick-tock, the clock begins its rhyme,
> Measuring moments, the dance of time.

It says right there — the clock is measuring moments, and it calls that “the dance of time.” So the answer is: moments (or “time,” but “moments” is more specific from the text).

✔ Final Answer for Q1: moments

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Question 2: What are the two adjectives used to describe time in the second stanza?

Second stanza:

> Seconds, minutes, and hours in a race,
> Each one with its unique pace.
> Days turn to weeks, then months unfold.
> A story of time, ancient and bold.

Look at the last line: “A story of time, ancient and bold.”

Those are the two adjectives describing time.

✔ Final Answer for Q2: ancient and bold

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Question 3: How does the poem describe the changing seasons?

Third stanza:

> Seasons change in this grand ballet,
> Spring’s buds bloom, then fade away.
> Summer’s warmth, autumn’s cool embrace,
> Winter whispers, a quiet, snowy trace.

It compares seasons to a “grand ballet” — like a beautiful dance. Then it describes each season with gentle images: spring blooms, summer is warm, autumn is cool, winter is quiet and snowy.

So the poem describes seasons as a beautiful, graceful dance (“grand ballet”) with each season having its own special feeling or image.

✔ Final Answer for Q3: as a grand ballet, with each season having its own special moment — spring blooming, summer warm, autumn cool, winter quiet and snowy.

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Question 4: What is the overall theme of the poem?

Think about what the whole poem is talking about.

- It starts with a clock ticking.
- Talks about seconds, minutes, days, weeks, months.
- Mentions seasons changing.
- Ends with: “Life finds its rhythm in the dance of time.”

Everything points to time passing, and how life moves along with it — like a dance or a journey.

Theme = big idea or message.

✔ Final Answer for Q4: Time passes steadily, and life moves with it in a natural, rhythmic way — like a dance or a journey.

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Question 5: Write one more stanza for this poem.

We need to match the style: short lines, rhyming (mostly), about time, nature, or life moving forward.

Example idea: talk about night and day, or stars, or growing older.

Let’s try:

> The moon rises high, the sun dips low,
> Shadows stretch where soft winds blow.
> Children grow, and trees get tall,
> Time holds us all, through rise and fall.

That fits the tone and topic.

✔ Final Answer for Q5:
*The moon rises high, the sun dips low,*
*Shadows stretch where soft winds blow.*
*Children grow, and trees get tall,*
*Time holds us all, through rise and fall.*

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Final Answer:
1. moments
2. ancient and bold
3. as a grand ballet, with each season having its own special moment — spring blooming, summer warm, autumn cool, winter quiet and snowy.
4. Time passes steadily, and life moves with it in a natural, rhythmic way — like a dance or a journey.
5. The moon rises high, the sun dips low,
Shadows stretch where soft winds blow.
Children grow, and trees get tall,
Time holds us all, through rise and fall.