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Class 1 Reading Comprehension Worksheet

Reading comprehension lesson 3: Animal and nature facts · Set 817 · 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.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 cow (b) the milk (c) the calf (d) the grass
  2. 2.Plants need water and sunlight. Their roots drink water from the soil. Green leaves make food for the plant.

    True or false: Leaves make food for the plant.
    (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.Bees live in a hive. They make sweet honey. Bees fly from flower to flower.

    How does honey taste?
    (a) sweet (b) salty (c) bitter (d) sour
  4. 4.Trees give us fruit and shade. Birds make nests in trees. We must not cut trees.

    Where do birds make nests?
    (a) in water (b) in trees (c) in the sand (d) in boxes
  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 ball (b) a box (c) a stick (d) a star
  6. 6.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) wings (b) a hump (c) a hard shell (d) soft fur
  7. 7.An elephant is very big. It has a long trunk. It uses its trunk to drink water.

    What does the elephant have?
    (a) a long trunk (b) a long neck (c) a short tail (d) two humps
  8. 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. 9.A cow gives us milk. It eats grass and hay. A baby cow is called a calf.

    What does a cow give us?
    (a) wool (b) milk (c) honey (d) eggs
  10. 10.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 it snows (b) when the sun shines (c) when it is dark (d) when the moon shines
  11. 11.Birds have wings and feathers. Most birds can fly. They lay eggs in a nest.

    Where do birds lay eggs?
    (a) in a box (b) in a pond (c) in a hive (d) in a nest
  12. 12.A spider has eight legs. It spins a web. Insects get stuck in the web.

    What gets stuck in the web?
    (a) insects (b) leaves only (c) birds (d) fish

Answer key

  1. the cow
  2. True
  3. sweet
  4. in trees
  5. a ball
  6. a hard shell
  7. a long trunk
  8. snowmen
  9. milk
  10. when the sun shines
  11. in a nest
  12. insects

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