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Class 1 Reading Comprehension Worksheet

Reading comprehension lesson 3: Animal and nature facts · Set 928 · 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.Birds have wings and feathers. Most birds can fly. They lay eggs in a nest.

    Where do birds lay eggs?
    (a) in a nest (b) in a pond (c) in a box (d) in a hive
  2. 2.Bees live in a hive. They make sweet honey. Bees fly from flower to flower.

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

    What gets stuck in the web?
    (a) fish (b) leaves only (c) birds (d) insects
  4. 4.The sun gives us light. It also keeps us warm. We must not look straight at the sun.

    Which word is the opposite of “warm”?
    (a) dry (b) cold (c) bright (d) hot
  5. 5.A fish lives in water. It swims with its fins. A fish has no legs.

    Where does a fish live?
    (a) in a nest (b) in the sand (c) in water (d) in a tree
  6. 6.A tortoise moves very slowly. It has a hard shell on its back. It hides inside the shell when it is scared.

    Which word is the opposite of “hard”?
    (a) big (b) scared (c) soft (d) slow
  7. 7.Hens lay eggs. A baby hen is called a chick. Chicks are small and yellow.

    What do hens lay?
    (a) eggs (b) seeds (c) milk (d) honey
  8. 8.A rabbit has long ears. It likes to eat carrots. A rabbit can hop very fast.

    What kind of ears does a rabbit have?
    (a) long ears (b) short ears (c) round ears (d) no ears
  9. 9.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
  10. 10.A fish lives in water. It swims with its fins. A fish has no legs.

    True or false: A fish has four legs.
    (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.A cow gives us milk. It eats grass and hay. A baby cow is called a calf.

    What does a cow eat?
    (a) fish and meat (b) grass and hay (c) bread and jam (d) nuts and seeds
  12. 12.Birds have wings and feathers. Most birds can fly. They lay eggs in a nest.

    What do birds lay?
    (a) leaves (b) eggs (c) seeds (d) stones

Answer key

  1. in a nest
  2. sweet
  3. insects
  4. cold
  5. in water
  6. soft
  7. eggs
  8. long ears
  9. very hard
  10. False
  11. grass and hay
  12. eggs

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