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Women's Day for Children - Reading Comprehension worksheets

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 Happy Women's Day 2022! If we turn the pages of history, we will find many great women who have made a huge impact on the world of Science, Mathematics, Nursing, Philosophy, Astronomy, to name a few. While studying about these subjects, these great women sometimes don't get the acknowledgment that they deserve and International Women's Day is one day when our children should read about these great women and their marvelous work. I have covered three great women in these reading comprehension worksheets: Florence Nightingale: One of the greatest women in the world of nursing, Florence Nightingale was born in a wealthy family. She didn't have to work but she devoted her life to caring for her patients and had the courage to take care of wounded soldiers. She was so concerned about the welfare of her patients that she used to go out at night to help her patients.  Marie Curie: From the world of physics, we have Marie Curie who was a woman unsuited for her world as she wa...

Relative Pronouns for Kids

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A relative pronoun is a pronoun that is used to refer to nouns that have been mentioned previously. The nouns can be people, places, things, animals, or ideas. Relative pronouns can be used to join two sentences. The most common relative pronouns that are taught to children in the very beginning are as follows: Who Whose Whom Which  That In some situations, words like “ where ”, “ when ”, and “ why ” are also used as relative pronouns. The following chart is a good way of understanding how to use relative pronouns in sentences. Relative Pronouns Chart: Using some relative pronouns might be confusing in the beginning; they require some special attention. For example, it takes time for children to understand where to use " who"  and where to use " whom" . Who vs Whom: “Who” is a subjective pronoun.  “Whom” is an objective pronoun. You can only use “who” as the subject of a sentence; the subject is the doer of the action. “Whom” is the object of a sentence. The objec...