Short Stories for Class 1 with Questions

Reading comprehension lesson 2: Tiny stories · Set 147 · 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.Riya lost her pencil. She looked under the bed. The pencil was in her bag!
   
   What did Riya lose? (a) her pencil (b) her bag (c) her shoe (d) her book
2. 2.Dev fell and hurt his knee. His sister put a bandage on it. Dev said, “Thank you!”
   
   Who put a bandage on it? (a) his sister (b) his teacher (c) his friend (d) his mother
3. 3.Anu went to the zoo with Appa. She saw a tall giraffe. It ate leaves from a tree.
   
   What did the giraffe eat? (a) fish (b) leaves (c) grass (d) bananas
4. 4.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) Amma (b) the pencil (c) Riya (d) the teacher
5. 5.Neel saw a big black cloud. He ran home fast. Then it began to rain.
   
   Where did Neel run? (a) to the park (b) to school (c) home (d) to the shop
6. 6.Arjun could not find his cat. He called, “Moti, Moti!” The cat jumped out of a box.
   
   What is the cat’s name? (a) Tiger (b) Sonu (c) Moti (d) Arjun
7. 7.Zoya made a paper boat. She put it in the rain water. The boat sailed away.
   
   Where did she put the boat? (a) in the sea (b) in the rain water (c) in her bag (d) on the table
8. 8.Pooja woke up early. She saw the sun come up. The sky was orange and pink.
   
   What colours was the sky? (a) red and grey (b) orange and pink (c) blue and green (d) black and white
9. 9.Sara had five balloons. One balloon went pop! Now she had four balloons.
   
   How many balloons did Sara have at first? (a) five (b) four (c) three (d) six
10. 10.Neel saw a big black cloud. He ran home fast. Then it began to rain.
    
    What did Neel see? (a) a rainbow (b) a big black cloud (c) a big red ball (d) a white bird
11. 11.Meera had one red crayon. Her friend had no crayon. Meera shared her crayon with her.
    
    What colour was the crayon? (a) red (b) green (c) yellow (d) blue
12. 12.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 bus (c) the dog (d) the car

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