Short Stories for Class 1 with Questions

Reading comprehension lesson 2: Tiny stories · Set 24 · 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!
   
   Where did Riya look? (a) in the kitchen (b) on the roof (c) in the garden (d) under the bed
2. 2.Vikram’s kite got stuck in a tree. His sister got a long stick. Together they pulled the kite down.
   
   What got stuck? (a) a bird (b) his sister (c) Vikram’s ball (d) Vikram’s kite
3. 3.Arjun could not find his cat. He called, “Moti, Moti!” The cat jumped out of a box.
   
   What could Arjun not find? (a) his cat (b) his dog (c) his box (d) his ball
4. 4.Anu went to the zoo with Appa. She saw a tall giraffe. It ate leaves from a tree.
   
   What animal did she see? (a) a lion (b) an elephant (c) a giraffe (d) a monkey
5. 5.It was hot. Lata and Sam went to the shop. They got two cold orange ice lollies.
   
   How was the day? (a) cold (b) rainy (c) windy (d) hot
6. 6.Riya lost her pencil. She looked under the bed. The pencil was in her bag!
   
   In “She looked under the bed”, who is “She”? (a) Riya (b) Amma (c) the pencil (d) the teacher
7. 7.Sara had five balloons. One balloon went pop! Now she had four balloons.
   
   What went pop? (a) a ball (b) a tyre (c) a bubble (d) a balloon
8. 8.Kabir saw an old lady with a heavy bag. He carried the bag for her. She gave him a big smile.
   
   Which word is the opposite of “heavy”? (a) old (b) big (c) full (d) light
9. 9.Kabir saw an old lady with a heavy bag. He carried the bag for her. She gave him a big smile.
   
   What did the lady give Kabir? (a) a book (b) a big smile (c) some money (d) a sweet
10. 10.Tenzin built a tower of blocks. His little brother knocked it down. Tenzin laughed and built it again.
    
    In “His little brother knocked it down”, what is “it”? (a) the floor (b) the brother (c) the tower (d) the box
11. 11.Neel saw a big black cloud. He ran home fast. Then it began to rain.
    
    What happened after he ran home? (a) he fell asleep (b) he went to school (c) it got sunny (d) it began to rain
12. 12.Zoya made a paper boat. She put it in the rain water. The boat sailed away.
    
    What did the boat do? (a) sank (b) sailed away (c) flew up (d) tore

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