Short Stories for Class 1 with Questions

Reading comprehension lesson 2: Tiny stories · Set 106 · 12 questions

Reading tip (Who did what?): Find who is in the story. Find what happened and where. Words like “he”, “she” and “it” point back to someone or something named before.

1. 1.Tenzin built a tower of blocks. His little brother knocked it down. Tenzin laughed and built it again.
   
   What did Tenzin build? (a) a house of cards (b) a sand castle (c) a tower of blocks (d) a paper boat
2. 2.The bell rang. All the children ran out to play. Rohan stayed to help the teacher.
   
   What did the children do? (a) sat down to eat (b) read books (c) ran out to play (d) went home
3. 3.Pooja woke up early. She saw the sun come up. The sky was orange and pink.
   
   What did she see come up? (a) the moon (b) a bird (c) the sun (d) a kite
4. 4.Meera had one red crayon. Her friend had no crayon. Meera shared her crayon with her.
   
   Who had no crayon? (a) Meera’s friend (b) the teacher (c) Meera’s mother (d) Meera
5. 5.Dev fell and hurt his knee. His sister put a bandage on it. Dev said, “Thank you!”
   
   What did his sister put on his knee? (a) a cap (b) a bandage (c) some cream (d) a sock
6. 6.It was hot. Lata and Sam went to the shop. They got two cold orange ice lollies.
   
   How many ice lollies did they get? (a) three (b) two (c) four (d) one
7. 7.Anu went to the zoo with Appa. She saw a tall giraffe. It ate leaves from a tree.
   
   Who went with Anu? (a) Grandma (b) Appa (c) her brother (d) Amma
8. 8.Zoya made a paper boat. She put it in the rain water. The boat sailed away.
   
   In “She put it in the rain water”, who is “She”? (a) the boat (b) Zoya (c) Amma (d) Riya
9. 9.Pooja woke up early. She saw the sun come up. The sky was orange and pink.
   
   What colours was the sky? (a) black and white (b) orange and pink (c) red and grey (d) blue and green
10. 10.Riya lost her pencil. She looked under the bed. The pencil was in her bag!
    
    Where was the pencil? (a) in her shoe (b) under the bed (c) on the desk (d) in her bag
11. 11.Sara had five balloons. One balloon went pop! Now she had four balloons.
    
    What went pop? (a) a tyre (b) a bubble (c) a ball (d) a balloon
12. 12.Meera had one red crayon. Her friend had no crayon. Meera shared her crayon with her.
    
    True or false: Meera shared her crayon. (a) False (b) True

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