Reading comprehension worksheet for children focusing on the story of a family's zoo visit.

Let’s go step by step through the passage and fill in each blank with the correct word from the box:
too, two, to

We’ll read the story carefully and choose the right word for each blank based on meaning and grammar.

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1. “Mum had promised ___ take Ben and Jill ___ the zoo.”
→ First blank: We need “to” because it’s part of the infinitive verb “to take”.
→ Second blank: We’re going *to* a place — so again, “to”.
✔ So: to, to

2. “The children were so excited that they could hardly wait ___ get ___ home though Mum wanted ___ take their baby sister but Mum said that she was ___ young.”
→ “wait to get” → “to” (infinitive)
→ “get home” → no preposition needed here? Wait — actually, “get home” is correct as is. But looking at the sentence: “wait ___ get ___ home” — probably “wait to get home” — so first blank: “to”, second blank: nothing? But we must use words from the box. Hmm. Let’s re-read.

Actually, let’s look at the full sentence structure:

“The children were so excited that they could hardly wait ___ get ___ home though Mum wanted ___ take their baby sister but Mum said that she was ___ young.”

Wait — this seems like there might be a typo or missing punctuation. Probably it should be:

“...hardly wait to get home. Though Mum wanted to take their baby sister, but Mum said that she was too young.”

But since we have to fill blanks using only “too, two, to”, let’s assign:

- “wait ___ get” → “to” (wait to get)
- “get ___ home” → actually, “get home” doesn’t need a word. But maybe it’s “get to home”? No, that’s not standard. Perhaps the blank after “get” is meant to be empty? But we must fill all blanks.

Wait — perhaps the sentence is:

“...could hardly wait to get to home...” — but that’s incorrect English. “Get home” is correct; “get to home” is wrong.

Alternatively, maybe it’s “wait to get home” — so only one “to” before “get”, and no word after “get”.

But the worksheet has 5 blanks in this line? Let me count the underscores in the original text you provided:

Looking back at your input:

> The children were so excited that they could hardly wait ___ get ___ home though Mum wanted ___ take their baby sister but Mum said that she was ___ young.

That’s 4 blanks in this sentence.

So:

Blank 1: wait ___ get → “to”
Blank 2: get ___ home → ??? This is tricky. In proper English, it’s “get home” — no preposition. But if forced to pick from “too, two, to”, maybe it’s a mistake? Or perhaps it’s “get to home” — which is nonstandard but sometimes used by learners. However, I think the intended answer is “to” for both? That would be odd.

Wait — let’s skip ahead and come back.

Next: “though Mum wanted ___ take” → “to” (wanted to take)
Then: “she was ___ young” → “too” (too young = excessively young)

So far:
Blank 1: to
Blank 2: ?
Blank 3: to
Blank 4: too

What about Blank 2: “get ___ home” — perhaps it’s supposed to be “get to home”? Even though it’s not standard, maybe in this context they want “to”. Or maybe it’s a trick — perhaps it’s “two”? Doesn’t make sense. “Too”? Also no.

Another idea: Maybe the sentence is “wait to get to school” or something — but it says “home”.

Perhaps it’s a misprint, and it should be “wait to go home” — but it says “get”.

I think the most logical choice is to put “to” in Blank 2 even though it’s not grammatically perfect — because otherwise we can’t complete the task. Alternatively, maybe Blank 2 is meant to be left blank? But the instruction is to fill all blanks.

Let’s look at the next sentences for clues.

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3. “They arrived at the zoo at ___ o’clock. They had ___ pay ___ get in and then bought them ___ bags of nuts ___ feed ___ animals.”

Breakdown:

- “at ___ o’clock” → time → “two” o’clock (since “too” and “to” don’t fit for time) ✔ “two”

- “had ___ pay” → “had to pay” → “to” ✔

- “pay ___ get in” → “to get in” → “to” ✔

- “bought them ___ bags of nuts” → quantity → “two” bags? Or “too many”? But “them” suggests specific number. Likely “two” ✔

Wait — “bought them ___ bags” — if “them” refers to the kids, then “two bags” makes sense.

- “nuts ___ feed ___ animals” → “to feed the animals” → so “to” and then “the” — but “the” isn’t in our box. Our box is only “too, two, to”.

Ah! Here’s the key: the last blank is “___ animals” — and we have to use “too, two, to”. So “to animals”? No. “Two animals”? Possible, but unlikely — they’d feed all animals. “Too animals”? Nonsense.

Wait — perhaps it’s “feed the animals” — but “the” isn’t available. Unless... maybe the blank before “animals” is for “to” as in “to feed to animals”? That could work: “bags of nuts to feed to animals” — yes! That’s grammatical.

So:

“bought them two bags of nuts to feed to animals.”

Perfect.

So:

- at two o’clock
- had to pay
- pay to get in
- bought them two bags
- nuts to feed
- feed to animals

Wait — that’s six blanks in this sentence? Let’s count:

“They arrived at the zoo at ___ o’clock. They had ___ pay ___ get in and then bought them ___ bags of nuts ___ feed ___ animals.”

Blanks:
1. at ___ o’clock → two
2. had ___ pay → to
3. pay ___ get in → to
4. bought them ___ bags → two
5. nuts ___ feed → to
6. feed ___ animals → to

Yes — six blanks. All filled with: two, to, to, two, to, to

But we also have “too” to use somewhere.

Back to earlier sentence.

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4. “Ben wanted ___ go ___ see the lions first. Jill liked the lions but they didn’t roar or upset the way Ben learned them. Mum and Dad went quietly. They were ___ full of meat ___ be interested in them.”

First: “wanted ___ go” → “to”
“go ___ see” → “to” (go to see)
“They were ___ full of meat” → “too” (too full)
“___ be interested” → “to” (to be interested)

So: to, to, too, to

Good — now we’ve used “too”.

Earlier problem: in “wait ___ get ___ home” — we had four blanks:

1. wait ___ get → to
2. get ___ home → ???
3. wanted ___ take → to
4. was ___ young → too

If we put “to” in blank 2, then we have: to, to, to, too — which uses three “to” and one “too” — acceptable.

Even though “get to home” is not standard, in some dialects or learner English it might be accepted. Or perhaps it’s a typo and should be “go to home” — but we’ll go with “to” for consistency.

Alternatively, maybe blank 2 is “two”? “Get two home”? No. “Too home”? No.

So I think “to” is the best fit.

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5. “Jill dragged the others over ___ the elephant enclosure. Ben didn’t want ___ get ___ close ___ the huge elephants while Jill tried ___ feed them some nuts. They ___ many people watching the monkeys and watched who ___ little monkeys had a fight over them.”

Breakdown:

- “over ___ the elephant enclosure” → “to” (over to the enclosure) ✔

- “didn’t want ___ get” → “to” ✔

- “get ___ close” → “too” (too close) ✔

- “close ___ the huge elephants” → “to” (close to) ✔

- “tried ___ feed” → “to” ✔

- “They ___ many people” → “saw”? Not in box. Wait — “They ___ many people watching” — probably “saw”, but not in options. Oh — wait, the box is only “too, two, to” — so must be one of those.

“They ___ many people” — if we put “too”, “too many people” — yes! That works.

“who ___ little monkeys had a fight” — “which” or “whose”? But again, only “too, two, to”.

“who ___ little monkeys” — perhaps “two”? As in “who two little monkeys” — meaning which two? That could work.

Or “to”? “who to little monkeys” — no.

“too”? “who too little monkeys” — no.

So likely “two” — referring to two specific monkeys.

Also, later: “They tried ___ wait every animal on the bus but there were ___ many ___ get in one day.”

“tried ___ wait” → “to”
“there were ___ many” → “too” (too many)
“___ get in” → “to” (to get in)

And finally: “Mum said they could come again when their sister was old enough ___ come ___.”

“old enough ___ come” → “to”
“come ___” → probably “too” as in “come too” (also come) — yes!

So let’s compile all blanks in order as they appear in the text.

List all blanks in sequence:

From start:

1. Mum had promised ___ take → to
2. Ben and Jill ___ the zoo → to
3. wait ___ get → to
4. get ___ home → to (assumed)
5. wanted ___ take → to
6. was ___ young → too
7. at ___ o’clock → two
8. had ___ pay → to
9. pay ___ get in → to
10. bought them ___ bags → two
11. nuts ___ feed → to
12. feed ___ animals → to
13. wanted ___ go → to
14. go ___ see → to
15. were ___ full → too
16. ___ be interested → to
17. over ___ the elephant → to
18. want ___ get → to
19. get ___ close → too
20. close ___ the huge → to
21. tried ___ feed → to
22. They ___ many people → too
23. who ___ little monkeys → two
24. tried ___ wait → to
25. were ___ many → too
26. ___ get in → to
27. old enough ___ come → to
28. come ___ → too

Now, let’s verify we used all words appropriately and didn’t miss any.

Total blanks: 28

Words used:

- “to”: appears in positions: 1,2,3,4,5,8,9,11,12,13,14,16,17,18,20,21,24,26,27 → that’s 19 times

- “two”: positions 7,10,23 → 3 times

- “too”: positions 6,15,19,22,25,28 → 6 times

19 + 3 + 6 = 28 — perfect.

Now, just double-check a few tricky ones:

- Blank 4: “get ___ home” → we put “to” — although “get home” is standard, in this context, since we must fill it, and “to” is the only plausible choice, we’ll keep it.

- Blank 23: “who ___ little monkeys” → “two” — implying “which two little monkeys” — acceptable.

- Blank 28: “come ___” → “too” — meaning “also come” — yes, e.g., “you can come too”.

All seem reasonable.

Final Answer will list the words in order for each blank.

Since the user didn’t specify format, but typically for such worksheets, we list the answers in order separated by commas or spaces.

But to be clear, I’ll write them in sequence as they appear.

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Final Answer:
to, to, to, to, to, too, two, to, to, two, to, to, to, to, too, to, to, to, too, to, to, too, two, to, too, to, to, too