This Tamil Reading Comprehension Worksheet – Part 7 helps children practise reading a short Tamil passage, understanding the information given and answering questions based on the text.

The worksheet features a passage about Thilagan (திலகன்), who goes to a grocery store with his father on a Sunday. His father buys items needed for cooking, including red gram (துவரம்பருப்பு) and gingelly oil (நல்லெண்ணெய்). The shopkeeper puts the items into a cloth bag, and gives Thilagan’s father a sweet as a gift for avoiding a plastic bag.

After reading the passage, children answer five questions about when Thilagan went to the shop, who accompanied him, what his father purchased, what type of bag was used and what gift the shopkeeper gave.

This activity helps children:

• Improve Tamil reading comprehension
• Understand and recall details from a passage
• Identify key information from a text
• Practise answering questions in Tamil
• Develop Tamil vocabulary
• Improve Tamil reading and writing skills
• Strengthen comprehension and thinking skills
• Build confidence in independent reading

This worksheet is suitable for classroom activities, homework, revision, reading practice and additional Tamil language learning at home.