Stories by Julia Donaldson
Reading Questions
Story Comprehension
How many cats live on the farm?
Which animal has won a prize?
Which animal doesn’t say anything?
How do they creep into the farm?
Where do the thieves fall?
What does the farmer say?
Story Comprehension
What did Zog try his hardest to win?
What were all of the dragons in year 2
learning to do?
What did the girl give to the dragon for
his wing?
What was the name of the princess Zog
captured?
How did Zog help the princess and the
knight?
Story Comprehension
At the beginning of the story, what does the Troll
take with him?
What did the troll use to dig the hole?
Why did the troll throw away the gold?
What was happening to the trolls knees as he was
walking the plank? Can you explain why?
What did the troll want to cook for the pirates?
Story Comprehension
What do the fish do as they listen to the
mermaid singing?
On the shore, the mermaid sings. What else
does she do on the shore?
What promises does Sam make to the
mermaid?
When she is at the circus, what does the
mermaid dream about?
At the end of the story., how does the
seagull help the mermaid?
Story Comprehension
Why was the old lady grumbling?
What animals did she bring into the house?
How did the pig cause chaos?
What did the old lady describe the plan as?
What did the old man suggest?
Story Comprehension
At the beginning of the story, what is Tabby
McTat’s meow like?
Tabby McTat goes for a stroll around the block.
Why does he stop?
What do the two cats do?
How does Fred feel to see Tabby McTat? How do
you know?
Who springs from the shadow? What does he ask?
Story Comprehension
At the beginning of the story, what does the girl
keep losing?
What does the girl’s mother help her to make?
Can you remember the names of the paper dolls?
Who did the paper dolls meet that said “I’m going
to get you”.
Who said he would snip the paper dolls?
What does the girl grow up to be?
Story Comprehension
Who is watching Nell from the grate in
the road?
What is the name of the Takeaway
shop?
What smells good in the field?
What does Nell’s bark mean?
Where does Ted like to read?
Story Comprehension
At the beginning of the story, where does Stick
man live and who does he live with?
What should Stick man be scared of?
What does the dog keep doing to Stick man?
How does this make him feel?
Where does Stick man land after he drifted
down the river?
What does the boy want to use Stick man for?
Story Comprehension
What does the snail want to do in her life?
Where do the snail and the whale go?
What other animals do they see on the
way?
What adjectives are used to describe the
snail?
How does the snail end up helping the
whale?
Story Comprehension
What was George wearing at the beginning
of the story?
What was the first animal George met in
the story?
Who did George give his shoes to? Can you
explain why he did this?
What did the animals give to George at the
end of the story?
Comprehension Questions
What type of person do you think George
is? How do you know?
How do you think George felt being the
scruffiest giant in town? Why did he want
new clothes?
How do you think the animals felt before
George gave them the items of clothing?
How did George’s emotions change in the
story?
Design it!
Can you create a poster or news report about a
missing giraffe.
What adjectives might you use to describe the giraffe?
Can you label your illustration?
True or False!
Are the statements true of false. Put a T in the box for true.
Put a F in the box for false.
George gave his shirt to the giraffe.
George gave his belt to the dog.
The goat used the shirt as a sail for the boat.
George gave his belt to the dog.
The giraffe used the tie as a path.
The elephant put George’s socks on his trunk.
Story Comprehension
How did Superworm help the bees?
Who fell down the well?
Who caught Superworm in his beak?
What happened when Superworm
tried to escape from Wizard Lizard?
Can you three things Superworm can
turn himself into?
Story Ordering
Can you put the story in order?
Write the number in the box, starting at 1.
His friends created a plan.
Superworm was a skipping rope.
The crow put Superworm in his beak.
Baby Toad hopped in the road.
Superworm was a lasso.
Sentence Matching
Can you match the sentence halves to show how Superworm’s friends
helped him.
Spider fetched the leaves.
Caterpillars lifted the web into the sky.
Snails chewed petals off the flower.
Bees and Beatles weaved a web.
