Class 1 Reading Comprehension Worksheet

Reading comprehension lesson 3: Animal and nature facts · Set 370 · 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 the elephant have? (a) two humps (b) a long neck (c) a short tail (d) a long trunk
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) a shell (b) wings (c) a hump (d) spots
3. 3.An elephant is very big. It has a long trunk. It uses its trunk to drink water.
   
   Which word is the opposite of “big”? (a) heavy (b) long (c) small (d) tall
4. 4.A spider has eight legs. It spins a web. Insects get stuck in the web.
   
   How many legs does a spider have? (a) four (b) six (c) ten (d) eight
5. 5.The moon shines at night. Its shape seems to change every night. Sometimes it is round like a ball.
   
   In “Its shape seems to change”, what is “Its”? (a) the night’s (b) the moon’s (c) the sun’s (d) the ball’s
6. 6.A dog has a sharp nose. It can smell things from far away. Dogs bark to tell us someone is at the door.
   
   Which word is the opposite of “far”? (a) long (b) high (c) sharp (d) near
7. 7.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
8. 8.A spider has eight legs. It spins a web. Insects get stuck in the web.
   
   In “It spins a web”, what is “It”? (a) the leg (b) the spider (c) the web (d) the insect
9. 9.A rainbow comes after rain. It has seven colours. We see it when the sun shines on rain drops.
   
   How many colours does a rainbow have? (a) three (b) ten (c) seven (d) five
10. 10.Trees give us fruit and shade. Birds make nests in trees. We must not cut trees.
    
    What must we not do? (a) cut trees (b) plant trees (c) water trees (d) sit under trees
11. 11.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) two legs (c) six legs (d) no legs
12. 12.Hens lay eggs. A baby hen is called a chick. Chicks are small and yellow.
    
    Which word is the opposite of “small”? (a) short (b) little (c) big (d) yellow

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