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Reading comprehension lesson 2: Tiny stories · Set 194 · 12 questions
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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. 1.Riya lost her pencil. She looked under the bed. The pencil was in her bag!

    What did Riya lose?     (a) her bag (b) her shoe (c) her pencil (d) her book
  2. 2.Anu went to the zoo with Appa. She saw a tall giraffe. It ate leaves from a tree.

    Where did Anu go?     (a) to the market (b) to school (c) to the park (d) to the zoo
  3. 3.Divya’s tooth was loose. She bit an apple. Out came the tooth!

    What did she bite?     (a) a chapati (b) an apple (c) a mango (d) a carrot
  4. 4.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) three (b) one (c) four (d) two
  5. 5.Divya’s tooth was loose. She bit an apple. Out came the tooth!

    Whose tooth was loose?     (a) Divya’s (b) Anu’s (c) Rohan’s (d) Amma’s
  6. 6.Grandma told Mohan a story. It was about a clever crow. Mohan fell asleep at the end.

    Who told the story?     (a) the teacher (b) Grandpa (c) Mohan (d) Grandma
  7. 7.Zoya made a paper boat. She put it in the rain water. The boat sailed away.

    True or false: Zoya made a paper boat.     (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.Anu went to the zoo with Appa. She saw a tall giraffe. It ate leaves from a tree.

    Who went with Anu?     (a) her brother (b) Amma (c) Appa (d) Grandma
  9. 9.Sara had five balloons. One balloon went pop! Now she had four balloons.

    How many balloons did Sara have at first?     (a) six (b) three (c) four (d) five
  10. 10.Arjun could not find his cat. He called, “Moti, Moti!” The cat jumped out of a box.

    In “He called”, who is “He”?     (a) Appa (b) Moti (c) the cat (d) Arjun
  11. 11.Aman planted a seed in a pot. He gave it water every day. Soon a small green plant came up.

    What did he give it every day?     (a) water (b) food (c) sugar (d) milk
  12. 12.Zoya made a paper boat. She put it in the rain water. The boat sailed away.

    What did Zoya make?     (a) a paper plane (b) a kite (c) a paper hat (d) a paper boat

Answer key

  1. her pencil
  2. to the zoo
  3. an apple
  4. two
  5. Divya’s
  6. Grandma
  7. True
  8. Appa
  9. five
  10. Arjun
  11. water
  12. a paper boat

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