Short Stories for Class 1 with Questions

Reading comprehension lesson 2: Tiny stories · Set 182 · 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.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) the gardener (b) the plant (c) Aman (d) Amma
2. 2.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) the shopkeepers (b) the lollies (c) Amma and Appa (d) Lata and Sam
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) on the table (b) in her bag (c) in the rain water (d) in the sea
4. 4.A puppy was hungry. Kiran gave it some milk. The puppy wagged its tail.
   
   Why did Kiran give the puppy milk? (a) it was cold (b) it was sad (c) it was hungry (d) it was dirty
5. 5.Sara had five balloons. One balloon went pop! Now she had four balloons.
   
   How many balloons did she have at the end? (a) four (b) five (c) three (d) one
6. 6.It was hot. Lata and Sam went to the shop. They got two cold orange ice lollies.
   
   How was the day? (a) hot (b) windy (c) rainy (d) cold
7. 7.Vikram’s kite got stuck in a tree. His sister got a long stick. Together they pulled the kite down.
   
   Which word is the opposite of “long”? (a) big (b) short (c) thin (d) tall
8. 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. 9.Meera had one red crayon. Her friend had no crayon. Meera shared her crayon with her.
   
   What did Meera do? (a) lost her crayon (b) shared her crayon (c) broke her crayon (d) hid her crayon
10. 10.It was hot. Lata and Sam went to the shop. They got two cold orange ice lollies.
    
    Who went to the shop? (a) Sam and Ravi (b) Lata and Sam (c) Lata and Amma (d) only Lata
11. 11.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 ran (b) he slept (c) he fell (d) he cried
12. 12.Sara had five balloons. One balloon went pop! Now she had four balloons.
    
    How many balloons went pop? (a) two (b) three (c) five (d) one

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