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Short Stories for Class 1 with Questions

Reading comprehension lesson 2: Tiny stories · Set 140 · 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.Zoya made a paper boat. She put it in the rain water. The boat sailed away.

    True or false: Zoya made a paper boat.     (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.Sara had five balloons. One balloon went pop! Now she had four balloons.

    How many balloons did she have at the end?     (a) three (b) four (c) five (d) one
  3. 3.Faizan helped his father wash the car. They used a bucket and a cloth. The car was clean and shiny.

    Who helped his father?     (a) Mohan (b) Faizan (c) Neel (d) Arjun
  4. 4.A puppy was hungry. Kiran gave it some milk. The puppy wagged its tail.

    What did Kiran give the puppy?     (a) milk (b) water (c) a ball (d) bread
  5. 5.Divya’s tooth was loose. She bit an apple. Out came the tooth!

    What did she bite?     (a) a mango (b) a carrot (c) an apple (d) a chapati
  6. 6.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 plane (c) a paper boat (d) a paper hat
  7. 7.Aman planted a seed in a pot. He gave it water every day. Soon a small green plant came up.

    What did he give it every day?     (a) food (b) water (c) milk (d) sugar
  8. 8.Pooja woke up early. She saw the sun come up. The sky was orange and pink.

    What did she see come up?     (a) a kite (b) a bird (c) the sun (d) the moon
  9. 9.The bell rang. All the children ran out to play. Rohan stayed to help the teacher.

    Who stayed?     (a) all the children (b) Anu (c) Rohan (d) the bell
  10. 10.Faizan helped his father wash the car. They used a bucket and a cloth. The car was clean and shiny.

    Which word is the opposite of “clean”?     (a) wet (b) shiny (c) dirty (d) new
  11. 11.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) mango (c) grape (d) orange
  12. 12.Riya lost her pencil. She looked under the bed. The pencil was in her bag!

    Which word is the opposite of “lost”?     (a) looked (b) took (c) broke (d) found

Answer key

  1. True
  2. four
  3. Faizan
  4. milk
  5. an apple
  6. a paper boat
  7. water
  8. the sun
  9. Rohan
  10. dirty
  11. orange
  12. found

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