Short Stories for Class 1 with Questions

Reading comprehension lesson 2: Tiny stories · Set 231 · 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.The bell rang. All the children ran out to play. Rohan stayed to help the teacher.
   
   What did the children do? (a) sat down to eat (b) ran out to play (c) went home (d) read books
2. 2.Faizan helped his father wash the car. They used a bucket and a cloth. The car was clean and shiny.
   
   What did they wash? (a) the floor (b) the bus (c) the dog (d) the car
3. 3.Arjun could not find his cat. He called, “Moti, Moti!” The cat jumped out of a box.
   
   Where did the cat jump out of? (a) a box (b) a tree (c) a bag (d) a basket
4. 4.Sara had five balloons. One balloon went pop! Now she had four balloons.
   
   How many balloons did she have at the end? (a) five (b) three (c) one (d) four
5. 5.A puppy was hungry. Kiran gave it some milk. The puppy wagged its tail.
   
   Who was hungry? (a) a cow (b) a puppy (c) Kiran (d) a kitten
6. 6.Divya’s tooth was loose. She bit an apple. Out came the tooth!
   
   What came out? (a) the worm (b) the seed (c) the tooth (d) the apple
7. 7.Tenzin built a tower of blocks. His little brother knocked it down. Tenzin laughed and built it again.
   
   Who knocked it down? (a) his cat (b) his sister (c) his friend (d) his little brother
8. 8.Zoya made a paper boat. She put it in the rain water. The boat sailed away.
   
   What did the boat do? (a) sailed away (b) sank (c) flew up (d) tore
9. 9.Faizan helped his father wash the car. They used a bucket and a cloth. The car was clean and shiny.
   
   How was the car at the end? (a) clean and shiny (b) wet and muddy (c) old and broken (d) dirty and dull
10. 10.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 fell asleep (c) it got sunny (d) he went to school
11. 11.Divya’s tooth was loose. She bit an apple. Out came the tooth!
    
    True or false: Divya bit a mango. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.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) on the desk (d) in her bag

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