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Class 1 Reading Comprehension Worksheet

Reading comprehension lesson 3: Animal and nature facts · Set 962 · 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 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 long trunk (b) a flat beak (c) no nose (d) a sharp nose
  2. 2.The sun gives us light. It also keeps us warm. We must not look straight at the sun.

    What must we not do?
    (a) sit in the shade (b) drink water (c) play in the sun (d) look straight at the sun
  3. 3.A cow gives us milk. It eats grass and hay. A baby cow is called a calf.

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

    Which animal is this about?
    (a) an elephant (b) a giraffe (c) a camel (d) a horse
  5. 5.Snow is white and cold. It falls on high mountains in winter. Children make snowmen with it.

    What colour is snow?
    (a) blue (b) grey (c) black (d) white
  6. 6.A peacock is a beautiful bird. It has blue and green feathers. It dances when it rains.

    Which word in the passage means “very pretty”?
    (a) green (b) blue (c) beautiful (d) bird
  7. 7.Bees live in a hive. They make sweet honey. Bees fly from flower to flower.

    How does honey taste?
    (a) salty (b) bitter (c) sour (d) sweet
  8. 8.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
  9. 9.A spider has eight legs. It spins a web. Insects get stuck in the web.

    In “It spins a web”, what is “It”?
    (a) the insect (b) the spider (c) the web (d) the leg
  10. 10.The moon shines at night. Its shape seems to change every night. Sometimes it is round like a ball.

    Which word is the opposite of “night”?
    (a) ball (b) moon (c) day (d) dark
  11. 11.Hens lay eggs. A baby hen is called a chick. Chicks are small and yellow.

    What is a baby hen called?
    (a) a chick (b) a cub (c) a calf (d) a puppy
  12. 12.Bees live in a hive. They make sweet honey. Bees fly from flower to flower.

    Where do bees fly?
    (a) from rock to rock (b) from flower to flower (c) from tree to sea (d) from house to house

Answer key

  1. a sharp nose
  2. look straight at the sun
  3. grass and hay
  4. an elephant
  5. white
  6. beautiful
  7. sweet
  8. False
  9. the spider
  10. day
  11. a chick
  12. from flower to flower

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