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Class 1 Reading Comprehension Worksheet

Reading comprehension lesson 3: Animal and nature facts · Set 246 · 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.A camel lives in the desert. It can walk for days without water. It has a hump on its back.

    Where does a camel live?
    (a) in the sea (b) in a forest (c) in the snow (d) in the desert
  2. 2.Snow is white and cold. It falls on high mountains in winter. Children make snowmen with it.

    When does it fall?
    (a) in summer (b) every day (c) in the rainy season (d) in winter
  3. 3.Ants live together in big groups. They work very hard. Ants carry food to their home under the ground.

    How do ants work?
    (a) very little (b) only at night (c) never (d) very hard
  4. 4.The sun gives us light. It also keeps us warm. We must not look straight at the sun.

    The sun keeps us ___.
    (a) warm (b) sleepy (c) cold (d) wet
  5. 5.A fish lives in water. It swims with its fins. A fish has no legs.

    In “It swims with its fins”, what is “It”?
    (a) the water (b) the fish (c) the fin (d) the boat
  6. 6.The sun gives us light. It also keeps us warm. We must not look straight at the sun.

    What must we not do?
    (a) look straight at the sun (b) drink water (c) sit in the shade (d) play in the sun
  7. 7.Trees give us fruit and shade. Birds make nests in trees. We must not cut trees.

    What do trees give us?
    (a) honey and wool (b) rain and snow (c) milk and eggs (d) fruit and shade
  8. 8.A peacock is a beautiful bird. It has blue and green feathers. It dances when it rains.

    Which word in the passage means “very pretty”?
    (a) blue (b) green (c) beautiful (d) bird
  9. 9.A dog has a sharp nose. It can smell things from far away. Dogs bark to tell us someone is at the door.

    What kind of nose does a dog have?
    (a) a sharp nose (b) a flat beak (c) no nose (d) a long trunk
  10. 10.The moon shines at night. Its shape seems to change every night. Sometimes it is round like a ball.

    What is the moon round like sometimes?
    (a) a star (b) a box (c) a stick (d) a ball
  11. 11.Snow is white and cold. It falls on high mountains in winter. Children make snowmen with it.

    Where does snow fall?
    (a) on the beach (b) in the sea (c) in the desert (d) on high mountains
  12. 12.A fish lives in water. It swims with its fins. A fish has no legs.

    Where does a fish live?
    (a) in water (b) in a nest (c) in the sand (d) in a tree

Answer key

  1. in the desert
  2. in winter
  3. very hard
  4. warm
  5. the fish
  6. look straight at the sun
  7. fruit and shade
  8. beautiful
  9. a sharp nose
  10. a ball
  11. on high mountains
  12. in water

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