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Class 1 Reading Comprehension Worksheet

Reading comprehension lesson 3: Animal and nature facts · Set 611 · 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.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 clouds (c) the sun (d) the hills
  2. 2.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 sun’s (c) the moon’s (d) the ball’s
  3. 3.A spider has eight legs. It spins a web. Insects get stuck in the web.

    How many legs does a spider have?
    (a) six (b) ten (c) four (d) eight
  4. 4.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
  5. 5.A fish lives in water. It swims with its fins. A fish has no legs.

    What does a fish swim with?
    (a) its legs (b) its wings (c) its tail only (d) its fins
  6. 6.Bees live in a hive. They make sweet honey. Bees fly from flower to flower.

    How does honey taste?
    (a) bitter (b) sweet (c) sour (d) salty
  7. 7.A rainbow comes after rain. It has seven colours. We see it when the sun shines on rain drops.

    When do we see a rainbow?
    (a) when the sun shines (b) when it is dark (c) when it snows (d) when the moon shines
  8. 8.A spider has eight legs. It spins a web. Insects get stuck in the web.

    True or false: A spider has six legs.
    (a) False (b) True
  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) five (d) seven
  10. 10.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 flat beak (b) a long trunk (c) no nose (d) a sharp nose
  11. 11.A fish lives in water. It swims with its fins. A fish has no legs.

    True or false: A fish has four legs.
    (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.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 eyes (b) its legs (c) its tail (d) its long tongue

Answer key

  1. the clouds
  2. the moon’s
  3. eight
  4. very hard
  5. its fins
  6. sweet
  7. when the sun shines
  8. False
  9. seven
  10. a sharp nose
  11. False
  12. its long tongue

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