Class 1 Reading Comprehension Worksheet

Reading comprehension lesson 3: Animal and nature facts · Set 705 · 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.Hens lay eggs. A baby hen is called a chick. Chicks are small and yellow.
   
   What colour are chicks? (a) blue (b) green (c) yellow (d) black
2. 2.A frog can live on land and in water. It catches insects with its long tongue. A baby frog is a tadpole.
   
   What is a baby frog called? (a) a chick (b) a tadpole (c) a calf (d) a kitten
3. 3.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
4. 4.A tortoise moves very slowly. It has a hard shell on its back. It hides inside the shell when it is scared.
   
   What does it have on its back? (a) soft fur (b) a hump (c) wings (d) a hard shell
5. 5.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 stick (d) a ball
6. 6.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
7. 7.A peacock is a beautiful bird. It has blue and green feathers. It dances when it rains.
   
   What colours are its feathers? (a) blue and green (b) red and yellow (c) pink and brown (d) black and white
8. 8.Bees live in a hive. They make sweet honey. Bees fly from flower to flower.
   
   How does honey taste? (a) salty (b) bitter (c) sweet (d) sour
9. 9.A spider has eight legs. It spins a web. Insects get stuck in the web.
   
   What does a spider spin? (a) a ball (b) a nest (c) a web (d) a hive
10. 10.A cow gives us milk. It eats grass and hay. A baby cow is called a calf.
    
    In “It eats grass and hay”, what is “It”? (a) the milk (b) the grass (c) the calf (d) the cow
11. 11.An elephant is very big. It has a long trunk. It uses its trunk to drink water.
    
    Which animal is this about? (a) a giraffe (b) an elephant (c) a horse (d) a camel
12. 12.Rain falls from the clouds. It fills ponds and rivers. Plants and animals need rain.
    
    In “It fills ponds and rivers”, what is “It”? (a) the cloud (b) the river (c) the rain (d) the pond

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