Class 1 Reading Comprehension Worksheet
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.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 boat (d) the fin -
2.The sun gives us light. It also keeps us warm. We must not look straight at the sun.
What must we not do? (a) play in the sun (b) drink water (c) sit in the shade (d) look straight at the sun -
3.An elephant is very big. It has a long trunk. It uses its trunk to drink water.
What does the elephant have? (a) a short tail (b) a long trunk (c) two humps (d) a long neck -
4.A peacock is a beautiful bird. It has blue and green feathers. It dances when it rains.
What is a peacock? (a) a bird (b) a plant (c) a fish (d) an insect -
5.Hens lay eggs. A baby hen is called a chick. Chicks are small and yellow.
What is a baby hen called? (a) a calf (b) a cub (c) a chick (d) a puppy -
6.Bees live in a hive. They make sweet honey. Bees fly from flower to flower.
Where do bees fly? (a) from house to house (b) from rock to rock (c) from flower to flower (d) from tree to sea -
7.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) wings (b) spots (c) a shell (d) a hump -
8.Snow is white and cold. It falls on high mountains in winter. Children make snowmen with it.
What do children make with snow? (a) sand castles (b) snowmen (c) paper boats (d) kites -
9.A camel lives in the desert. It can walk for days without water. It has a hump on its back.
True or false: A camel lives in the sea. (a) True (b) False -
10.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) tall (b) heavy (c) long (d) small -
11.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 hard (b) only at night (c) very little (d) never -
12.The moon shines at night. Its shape seems to change every night. Sometimes it is round like a ball.
What seems to change every night? (a) its shape (b) its name (c) its home (d) its colour
Answer key
- the fish
- look straight at the sun
- a long trunk
- a bird
- a chick
- from flower to flower
- a hump
- snowmen
- False
- small
- very hard
- its shape
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