Short Stories for Class 1 with Questions

Reading comprehension lesson 2: Tiny stories · Set 212 · 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.It was hot. Lata and Sam went to the shop. They got two cold orange ice lollies.
   
   What flavour were the ice lollies? (a) lemon (b) grape (c) mango (d) orange
2. 2.Neel saw a big black cloud. He ran home fast. Then it began to rain.
   
   Which word is the opposite of “fast”? (a) black (b) slow (c) home (d) big
3. 3.The bell rang. All the children ran out to play. Rohan stayed to help the teacher.
   
   What rang? (a) the door (b) the bell (c) the phone (d) the alarm
4. 4.Zoya made a paper boat. She put it in the rain water. The boat sailed away.
   
   Where did she put the boat? (a) in her bag (b) on the table (c) in the sea (d) in the rain water
5. 5.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 shopkeepers (c) the lollies (d) Lata and Sam
6. 6.Divya’s tooth was loose. She bit an apple. Out came the tooth!
   
   What did she bite? (a) an apple (b) a mango (c) a carrot (d) a chapati
7. 7.Sara had five balloons. One balloon went pop! Now she had four balloons.
   
   What went pop? (a) a ball (b) a balloon (c) a tyre (d) a bubble
8. 8.Faizan helped his father wash the car. They used a bucket and a cloth. The car was clean and shiny.
   
   What did they use? (a) a cup and a spoon (b) a broom and a mop (c) a pot and a pan (d) a bucket and a cloth
9. 9.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) thin (b) tall (c) short (d) big
10. 10.A puppy was hungry. Kiran gave it some milk. The puppy wagged its tail.
    
    Who gave the puppy milk? (a) Kiran (b) the puppy (c) Amma (d) Riya
11. 11.Vikram’s kite got stuck in a tree. His sister got a long stick. Together they pulled the kite down.
    
    Who pulled the kite down? (a) Appa (b) only Vikram (c) Vikram and his sister (d) only his sister
12. 12.Vikram’s kite got stuck in a tree. His sister got a long stick. Together they pulled the kite down.
    
    Where did the kite get stuck? (a) on a roof (b) in a tree (c) in a pond (d) on a wire

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