Class 1 Reading Comprehension Worksheet

Reading comprehension lesson 3: Animal and nature facts · Set 133 · 12 questions

Reading tip (The facts are in the lines): Read the facts one by one. Find the sentence that talks about the thing in the question. True or false: true only if the passage says it.

1. 1.An elephant is very big. It has a long trunk. It uses its trunk to drink water.
   
   What does it use its trunk for here? (a) to fly (b) to sleep (c) to swim (d) to drink water
2. 2.A fish lives in water. It swims with its fins. A fish has no legs.
   
   What does a fish swim with? (a) its tail only (b) its wings (c) its legs (d) its fins
3. 3.Bees live in a hive. They make sweet honey. Bees fly from flower to flower.
   
   How does honey taste? (a) sweet (b) sour (c) bitter (d) salty
4. 4.Ants live together in big groups. They work very hard. Ants carry food to their home under the ground.
   
   What do ants carry? (a) water (b) food (c) eggs only (d) stones
5. 5.Ants live together in big groups. They work very hard. Ants carry food to their home under the ground.
   
   How do ants live? (a) all alone (b) in big groups (c) in water (d) in trees
6. 6.A frog can live on land and in water. It catches insects with its long tongue. A baby frog is a tadpole.
   
   True or false: A frog can live only in water. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.A cow gives us milk. It eats grass and hay. A baby cow is called a calf.
   
   What does a cow eat? (a) bread and jam (b) grass and hay (c) fish and meat (d) nuts and seeds
8. 8.A tortoise moves very slowly. It has a hard shell on its back. It hides inside the shell when it is scared.
   
   Which word is the opposite of “hard”? (a) big (b) scared (c) soft (d) slow
9. 9.Bees live in a hive. They make sweet honey. Bees fly from flower to flower.
   
   Where do bees live? (a) in a hive (b) in a den (c) in a hole (d) in a nest
10. 10.Snow is white and cold. It falls on high mountains in winter. Children make snowmen with it.
    
    What colour is snow? (a) black (b) white (c) grey (d) blue
11. 11.A fish lives in water. It swims with its fins. A fish has no legs.
    
    True or false: A fish has four legs. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.A peacock is a beautiful bird. It has blue and green feathers. It dances when it rains.
    
    What is a peacock? (a) a fish (b) a plant (c) an insect (d) a bird

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