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Short Stories for Class 1 with Questions

Reading comprehension lesson 2: Tiny stories · Set 109 · 12 questions
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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.

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  1. 1.It was hot. Lata and Sam went to the shop. They got two cold orange ice lollies.

    What flavour were the ice lollies?     (a) lemon (b) orange (c) mango (d) grape
  2. 2.A puppy was hungry. Kiran gave it some milk. The puppy wagged its tail.

    What did Kiran give the puppy?     (a) bread (b) a ball (c) milk (d) water
  3. 3.Sara had five balloons. One balloon went pop! Now she had four balloons.

    How many balloons did she have at the end?     (a) one (b) five (c) three (d) four
  4. 4.Pooja woke up early. She saw the sun come up. The sky was orange and pink.

    In “She saw the sun come up”, who is “She”?     (a) Amma (b) Pooja (c) Sara (d) the sun
  5. 5.Zoya made a paper boat. She put it in the rain water. The boat sailed away.

    What did Zoya make?     (a) a kite (b) a paper boat (c) a paper hat (d) a paper plane
  6. 6.Kabir saw an old lady with a heavy bag. He carried the bag for her. She gave him a big smile.

    What did the lady give Kabir?     (a) some money (b) a book (c) a sweet (d) a big smile
  7. 7.The bell rang. All the children ran out to play. Rohan stayed to help the teacher.

    Who stayed?     (a) the bell (b) all the children (c) Anu (d) Rohan
  8. 8.Meera had one red crayon. Her friend had no crayon. Meera shared her crayon with her.

    True or false: Meera shared her crayon.     (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.A puppy was hungry. Kiran gave it some milk. The puppy wagged its tail.

    What did the puppy wag?     (a) its tail (b) its head (c) its ears (d) its paw
  10. 10.A puppy was hungry. Kiran gave it some milk. The puppy wagged its tail.

    Who was hungry?     (a) a kitten (b) a cow (c) Kiran (d) a puppy
  11. 11.Sara had five balloons. One balloon went pop! Now she had four balloons.

    What went pop?     (a) a tyre (b) a balloon (c) a bubble (d) a ball
  12. 12.Neel saw a big black cloud. He ran home fast. Then it began to rain.

    What happened after he ran home?     (a) it began to rain (b) he went to school (c) it got sunny (d) he fell asleep

Answer key

  1. orange
  2. milk
  3. four
  4. Pooja
  5. a paper boat
  6. a big smile
  7. Rohan
  8. True
  9. its tail
  10. a puppy
  11. a balloon
  12. it began to rain

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