Short Stories for Class 1 with Questions

Reading comprehension lesson 2: Tiny stories · Set 170 · 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!”
   
   What did his sister put on his knee? (a) a cap (b) a bandage (c) some cream (d) a sock
3. 3.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 her bag (c) in the rain water (d) on the table
4. 4.A puppy was hungry. Kiran gave it some milk. The puppy wagged its tail.
   
   Who gave the puppy milk? (a) Amma (b) Kiran (c) the puppy (d) Riya
5. 5.It was hot. Lata and Sam went to the shop. They got two cold orange ice lollies.
   
   Who went to the shop? (a) Lata and Sam (b) Lata and Amma (c) Sam and Ravi (d) only Lata
6. 6.Pooja woke up early. She saw the sun come up. The sky was orange and pink.
   
   When did Pooja wake up? (a) late (b) early (c) at noon (d) at night
7. 7.Riya lost her pencil. She looked under the bed. The pencil was in her bag!
   
   Which word is the opposite of “lost”? (a) broke (b) found (c) took (d) looked
8. 8.It was hot. Lata and Sam went to the shop. They got two cold orange ice lollies.
   
   How many ice lollies did they get? (a) four (b) one (c) two (d) three
9. 9.Bela made a card for Amma. She drew a sun and three flowers. Amma put the card on the wall.
   
   Where did Amma put the card? (a) in a box (b) on the wall (c) in her bag (d) on the table
10. 10.Sara had five balloons. One balloon went pop! Now she had four balloons.
    
    Who had the balloons? (a) Riya (b) Zoya (c) Lata (d) Sara
11. 11.Sara had five balloons. One balloon went pop! Now she had four balloons.
    
    How many balloons went pop? (a) five (b) one (c) three (d) two
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

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