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The Secret Garden Worksheets

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Reading Level V · Lexile 970L · ATOS 6.3

Orphaned Mary discovers a hidden, neglected garden and helps bring it — and herself — back to life. A classic about healing and nature.

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Free The Secret Garden vocabulary & comprehension worksheets

Build printable The Secret Garden worksheets in seconds — 27 chapters to choose from, with 108 vocabulary words and 108 comprehension questions in all. Pick a chapter, choose the words and questions you want, then print for free or assign online — no login required, and every worksheet comes with a matching answer key.

Chapters you can make worksheets for

  • Chapter 1: There Is No One Left 4 words · 4 questions
  • Chapter 2: Mistress Mary Quite Contrary 4 words · 4 questions
  • Chapter 3: Across the Moor 4 words · 4 questions
  • Chapter 4: Martha 4 words · 4 questions
  • Chapter 5: The Cry in the Corridor 4 words · 4 questions
  • Chapter 6: There Was Some One Crying — There Was! 4 words · 4 questions
  • Chapter 7: The Key of the Garden 4 words · 4 questions
  • Chapter 8: The Robin Who Showed the Way 4 words · 4 questions
  • Chapter 9: The Strangest House Anyone Ever Lived In 4 words · 4 questions
  • Chapter 10: Dickon 4 words · 4 questions
  • Chapter 11: The Nest of the Missel Thrush 4 words · 4 questions
  • Chapter 12: Might I Have a Bit of Earth? 4 words · 4 questions
  • Chapter 13: I Am Colin 4 words · 4 questions
  • Chapter 14: A Young Rajah 4 words · 4 questions
  • Chapter 15: Nest Building 4 words · 4 questions
  • Chapter 16: I Won't! Said Mary 4 words · 4 questions
  • Chapter 17: A Tantrum 4 words · 4 questions
  • Chapter 18: Tha' Munnot Waste No Time 4 words · 4 questions
  • Chapter 19: It Has Come! 4 words · 4 questions
  • Chapter 20: I Shall Live Forever — and Ever — and Ever! 4 words · 4 questions
  • Chapter 21: Ben Weatherstaff 4 words · 4 questions
  • Chapter 22: When the Sun Went Down 4 words · 4 questions
  • Chapter 23: Magic 4 words · 4 questions
  • Chapter 24: Let Them Laugh 4 words · 4 questions
  • Chapter 25: The Curtain 4 words · 4 questions
  • Chapter 26: It's Mother! 4 words · 4 questions
  • Chapter 27: In the Garden 4 words · 4 questions

Sample vocabulary words

  • cholera
  • disagreeable
  • tyrannical
  • veranda
  • contrary
  • clergyman
  • rajah
  • voyage
  • moor
  • dreary
  • manor
  • tapestry
  • moorland
  • cottage

Sample comprehension questions

  • Where does Mary Lennox live at the beginning of the story?
  • Why is Mary described as a disagreeable and spoiled child?
  • What happens to Mary's parents and the servants?
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