Short Stories for Class 1 with 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.
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1.A puppy was hungry. Kiran gave it some milk. The puppy wagged its tail.
Why did Kiran give the puppy milk? (a) it was dirty (b) it was hungry (c) it was cold (d) it was sad -
2.Dev fell and hurt his knee. His sister put a bandage on it. Dev said, “Thank you!”
Why did Dev hurt his knee? (a) he cried (b) he fell (c) he ran (d) he slept -
3.The bell rang. All the children ran out to play. Rohan stayed to help the teacher.
What rang? (a) the phone (b) the bell (c) the alarm (d) the door -
4.Aman planted a seed in a pot. He gave it water every day. Soon a small green plant came up.
In “He gave it water every day”, who is “He”? (a) Amma (b) the gardener (c) Aman (d) the plant -
5.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 -
6.It was hot. Lata and Sam went to the shop. They got two cold orange ice lollies.
In “They got two cold orange ice lollies”, who are “They”? (a) Amma and Appa (b) the lollies (c) the shopkeepers (d) Lata and Sam -
7.Meera had one red crayon. Her friend had no crayon. Meera shared her crayon with her.
What did Meera do? (a) broke her crayon (b) shared her crayon (c) hid her crayon (d) lost her crayon -
8.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 teacher (b) his mother (c) his friend (d) his sister -
9.Riya lost her pencil. She looked under the bed. The pencil was in her bag!
Where did Riya look? (a) in the garden (b) in the kitchen (c) on the roof (d) under the bed -
10.Sara had five balloons. One balloon went pop! Now she had four balloons.
Who had the balloons? (a) Zoya (b) Lata (c) Sara (d) Riya -
11.Riya lost her pencil. She looked under the bed. The pencil was in her bag!
Where was the pencil? (a) under the bed (b) in her shoe (c) in her bag (d) on the desk -
12.Meera had one red crayon. Her friend had no crayon. Meera shared her crayon with her.
Who had no crayon? (a) Meera (b) Meera’s friend (c) Meera’s mother (d) the teacher
Answer key
- it was hungry
- he fell
- the bell
- Aman
- Rohan
- Lata and Sam
- shared her crayon
- his sister
- under the bed
- Sara
- in her bag
- Meera’s friend
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