Short Stories for Class 1 with Questions

Reading comprehension lesson 2: Tiny stories · Set 144 · 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.Anu went to the zoo with Appa. She saw a tall giraffe. It ate leaves from a tree.
   
   What animal did she see? (a) a giraffe (b) an elephant (c) a lion (d) a monkey
2. 2.The bell rang. All the children ran out to play. Rohan stayed to help the teacher.
   
   What did the children do? (a) went home (b) read books (c) ran out to play (d) sat down to eat
3. 3.Faizan helped his father wash the car. They used a bucket and a cloth. The car was clean and shiny.
   
   What did they wash? (a) the floor (b) the dog (c) the car (d) the bus
4. 4.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
5. 5.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) Neel (b) Arjun (c) Faizan (d) Mohan
6. 6.Zoya made a paper boat. She put it in the rain water. The boat sailed away.
   
   Where did she put the boat? (a) in her bag (b) in the rain water (c) on the table (d) in the sea
7. 7.Riya lost her pencil. She looked under the bed. The pencil was in her bag!
   
   In “She looked under the bed”, who is “She”? (a) the teacher (b) Riya (c) Amma (d) the pencil
8. 8.Neel saw a big black cloud. He ran home fast. Then it began to rain.
   
   Where did Neel run? (a) to the park (b) home (c) to school (d) to the shop
9. 9.Tenzin built a tower of blocks. His little brother knocked it down. Tenzin laughed and built it again.
   
   What did Tenzin do then? (a) laughed and built again (b) shouted at him (c) went to sleep (d) cried and ran away
10. 10.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 sock (b) a cap (c) a bandage (d) some cream
11. 11.Bela made a card for Amma. She drew a sun and three flowers. Amma put the card on the wall.
    
    What did Bela draw with the flowers? (a) a tree (b) a moon (c) a sun (d) a house
12. 12.Tenzin built a tower of blocks. His little brother knocked it down. Tenzin laughed and built it again.
    
    What did Tenzin build? (a) a sand castle (b) a tower of blocks (c) a paper boat (d) a house of cards

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