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Class 1 Reading Comprehension Worksheet

Reading comprehension lesson 3: Animal and nature facts · Set 364 · 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.Hens lay eggs. A baby hen is called a chick. Chicks are small and yellow.

    What colour are chicks?     (a) blue (b) black (c) yellow (d) green
  2. 2.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) spots (b) wings (c) a shell (d) a hump
  3. 3.A peacock is a beautiful bird. It has blue and green feathers. It dances when it rains.

    True or false: The peacock dances when it rains.     (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.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 box (b) a star (c) a ball (d) a stick
  5. 5.The sun gives us light. It also keeps us warm. We must not look straight at the sun.

    What does the sun give us?     (a) water (b) rain (c) food (d) light
  6. 6.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 snow (b) in the desert (c) in the sea (d) in a forest
  7. 7.Ants live together in big groups. They work very hard. Ants carry food to their home under the ground.

    How do ants work?     (a) only at night (b) very hard (c) never (d) very little
  8. 8.Rain falls from the clouds. It fills ponds and rivers. Plants and animals need rain.

    Where does rain fall from?     (a) the trees (b) the hills (c) the sun (d) the clouds
  9. 9.Snow is white and cold. It falls on high mountains in winter. Children make snowmen with it.

    Which word is the opposite of “cold”?     (a) hot (b) white (c) high (d) wet
  10. 10.Bees live in a hive. They make sweet honey. Bees fly from flower to flower.

    True or false: Bees live in a hive.     (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.Ants live together in big groups. They work very hard. Ants carry food to their home under the ground.

    True or false: Ants live all alone.     (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.A cow gives us milk. It eats grass and hay. A baby cow is called a calf.

    True or false: A cow gives us eggs.     (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. yellow
  2. a hump
  3. True
  4. a ball
  5. light
  6. in the desert
  7. very hard
  8. the clouds
  9. hot
  10. True
  11. False
  12. False

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