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Class 1 Reading Comprehension Worksheet

Reading comprehension lesson 3: Animal and nature facts · Set 14 · 12 questions
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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.

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  1. 1.An elephant is very big. It has a long trunk. It uses its trunk to drink water.

    True or false: An elephant is very small.
    (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.Birds have wings and feathers. Most birds can fly. They lay eggs in a nest.

    In “They lay eggs in a nest”, who are “They”?
    (a) eggs (b) wings (c) fish (d) birds
  3. 3.Snow is white and cold. It falls on high mountains in winter. Children make snowmen with it.

    What colour is snow?
    (a) black (b) grey (c) white (d) blue
  4. 4.A camel lives in the desert. It can walk for days without water. It has a hump on its back.

    What does a camel have on its back?
    (a) a shell (b) spots (c) a hump (d) wings
  5. 5.A rabbit has long ears. It likes to eat carrots. A rabbit can hop very fast.

    How does a rabbit move?
    (a) it swims (b) it hops (c) it crawls (d) it flies
  6. 6.A fish lives in water. It swims with its fins. A fish has no legs.

    How many legs does a fish have?
    (a) four legs (b) six legs (c) two legs (d) no legs
  7. 7.Ants live together in big groups. They work very hard. Ants carry food to their home under the ground.

    How do ants live?
    (a) in water (b) in big groups (c) all alone (d) in trees
  8. 8.A tortoise moves very slowly. It has a hard shell on its back. It hides inside the shell when it is scared.

    When does it hide inside the shell?
    (a) when it is hot (b) when it is happy (c) when it is hungry (d) when it is scared
  9. 9.Birds have wings and feathers. Most birds can fly. They lay eggs in a nest.

    What do birds lay?
    (a) seeds (b) eggs (c) leaves (d) stones
  10. 10.A frog can live on land and in water. It catches insects with its long tongue. A baby frog is a tadpole.

    What does it catch insects with?
    (a) its legs (b) its tail (c) its eyes (d) its long tongue
  11. 11.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 drink water (d) to swim
  12. 12.A rabbit has long ears. It likes to eat carrots. A rabbit can hop very fast.

    True or false: A rabbit has long ears.
    (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. False
  2. birds
  3. white
  4. a hump
  5. it hops
  6. no legs
  7. in big groups
  8. when it is scared
  9. eggs
  10. its long tongue
  11. to drink water
  12. True

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