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Class 1 Reading Comprehension Worksheet

Reading comprehension lesson 3: Animal and nature facts · Set 796 · 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.Bees live in a hive. They make sweet honey. Bees fly from flower to flower.

    How does honey taste?
    (a) bitter (b) sour (c) salty (d) sweet
  2. 2.A spider has eight legs. It spins a web. Insects get stuck in the web.

    What gets stuck in the web?
    (a) birds (b) leaves only (c) fish (d) insects
  3. 3.A dog has a sharp nose. It can smell things from far away. Dogs bark to tell us someone is at the door.

    True or false: A dog can smell things from far away.
    (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.A cow gives us milk. It eats grass and hay. A baby cow is called a calf.

    What does a cow eat?
    (a) nuts and seeds (b) fish and meat (c) grass and hay (d) bread and jam
  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) rain (b) food (c) water (d) light
  6. 6.An elephant is very big. It has a long trunk. It uses its trunk to drink water.

    What does it use its trunk for here?
    (a) to sleep (b) to swim (c) to fly (d) to drink water
  7. 7.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 sun’s (b) the moon’s (c) the ball’s (d) the night’s
  8. 8.Rain falls from the clouds. It fills ponds and rivers. Plants and animals need rain.

    What does rain fill?
    (a) bags and boxes (b) roads and cars (c) ponds and rivers (d) cups and plates
  9. 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. 10.Plants need water and sunlight. Their roots drink water from the soil. Green leaves make food for the plant.

    Where do roots get water from?
    (a) the sun (b) the leaves (c) the soil (d) the sky
  11. 11.The sun gives us light. It also keeps us warm. We must not look straight at the sun.

    The sun keeps us ___.
    (a) warm (b) cold (c) wet (d) sleepy
  12. 12.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 calf (b) the grass (c) the milk (d) the cow

Answer key

  1. sweet
  2. insects
  3. True
  4. grass and hay
  5. light
  6. to drink water
  7. the moon’s
  8. ponds and rivers
  9. False
  10. the soil
  11. warm
  12. the cow

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