How can I practise A2 English reading?

Read the short text about children and household chores, then answer the comprehension questions. Each answer is explained, so you learn why it is right. The passage uses simple A2 vocabulary about home, jobs and daily family life, then a vocabulary exercise.

Does this A2 reading test come with answers?

Yes. Every comprehension question shows the correct answer with a short explanation, and the vocabulary exercise gives the answer for each gap. You can check your work immediately and learn from any mistakes that you make.

Is this reading exercise free?

Yes, this A2 English reading test is completely free. You can read the passage, answer the questions, practise the vocabulary and download a worksheet without paying or creating an account first. It is ideal for self-study and classrooms.

What level is this reading comprehension?

It is A2 (elementary). The sentences are short, the vocabulary is everyday, and the questions test both facts stated directly in the passage and the two different opinions the writer describes.

What reading skill do these questions practise?

They practise scanning for stated facts and following an argument with two sides — telling apart the parents who agree, the parents who are unsure, and the experts' advice. Each answer explanation points to the sentence that proves it.

What does "chores" mean?

Chores are the small, regular jobs you do at home, such as washing the dishes or making the bed. In the passage, parents discuss whether children should help with these chores.

Which words does this A2 vocabulary exercise cover?

It practises five everyday words in context — chores, responsible, tidy, experts and rest — so you meet them inside real sentences from the passage, not as an isolated list to memorise.

Should Kids Do Chores? A2 English Reading Test

Read the passage and choose the best answer for each question.

Should Kids Help With Chores? A2 Reading — with Answers

Should children help with the housework at home? In many families, this is a big question, and parents do not always agree.

Some parents say yes. They think chores teach children to be responsible. When a child makes the bed, washes the dishes, or tidies the living room, they learn important life skills. These parents often give their children a small amount of pocket money for their work.

Other parents are not sure. They say that children are very busy with school and homework. After a long day, a child needs time to rest and play, not to clean the kitchen.

Experts say that small jobs are good for children. A young child can feed the cat or put away toys. An older child can cook simple meals or wash the car. The jobs must always be easy and safe.

Most experts agree on one thing: when the whole family helps, the house is happier and the work is faster.

What is the main question in the text?

Reading Comprehension Questions & Answers

All A2 reading questions for “Should Kids Help With Chores? A2 Reading — with Answers”, each with the correct answer and a short explanation. Read the passage above, try the interactive exercises, then check your answers here.

Exercise 1: Reading Comprehension

1. What is the main question in the text?
- A. Should children help with the housework? ✓
- B. How much pocket money should children get?
- C. What is the best way to clean a kitchen?
- D. Should children do their homework first?
Answer: Should children help with the housework?
Correct. The first sentence asks, "Should children help with the housework at home?" Pocket money and homework are small details inside the text, not the main question.
2. Why do some parents want their children to do chores?
- A. Chores teach children to be responsible ✓
- B. Children have nothing else to do
- C. The parents do not like cleaning
- D. Chores are good exercise
Answer: Chores teach children to be responsible
Correct. Paragraph 2 says these parents "think chores teach children to be responsible." The text never says the parents dislike cleaning or that chores are exercise.
3. What do these parents sometimes give their children for the work?
- A. A small amount of pocket money ✓
- B. A new toy every week
- C. More free time at school
- D. A longer holiday
Answer: A small amount of pocket money
Correct. Paragraph 2 says they "often give their children a small amount of pocket money for their work." Toys, school time and holidays are not mentioned as a reward.
4. Why are other parents not sure about chores?
- A. Children are very busy with school and homework ✓
- B. Children do the jobs too slowly
- C. Chores are too expensive
- D. Children break things at home
Answer: Children are very busy with school and homework
Correct. Paragraph 3 says these parents think "children are very busy with school and homework" and need time to rest. The other options are never given as reasons.
5. According to the experts, what job can a young child do?
- A. Feed the cat or put away toys ✓
- B. Cook a big dinner alone
- C. Wash the car
- D. Drive to the shop
Answer: Feed the cat or put away toys
Correct. Paragraph 4 says "A young child can feed the cat or put away toys." Cooking meals and washing the car are given as jobs for an older child, not a young one.
6. What do most experts agree on?
- A. The house is happier when the whole family helps ✓
- B. Children should never do chores
- C. Only adults should clean the house
- D. Chores are bad for young children
Answer: The house is happier when the whole family helps
Correct. The last paragraph says "when the whole family helps, the house is happier and the work is faster." The experts support children doing small, safe jobs, so the other options are wrong.

Exercise 2: Vocabulary in Context

1. The small jobs you do at home, like washing the dishes, are called _____.
- A. chores ✓
- B. experts
- C. tidy
- D. rest
Answer: chores
Chores are the regular small jobs at home. The passage asks if children should help with these chores.
2. When you take care of your own duties, you learn to be _____.
- A. responsible ✓
- B. tidy
- C. busy
- D. happy
Answer: responsible
To be responsible means to take care of your duties. The passage says chores teach children to be responsible.
3. To _____ your room means to make it clean and neat.
- A. tidy ✓
- B. rest
- C. feed
- D. wash
Answer: tidy
To tidy a room is to make it neat. In the passage, a child can tidy the living room.

Should Kids Help With Chores? A2 Reading — with Answers

What is the main question in the text?

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