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Short Stories for Class 1 with Questions

Reading comprehension lesson 2: Tiny stories · Set 258 · 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.Tenzin built a tower of blocks. His little brother knocked it down. Tenzin laughed and built it again.

    Who knocked it down?     (a) his sister (b) his cat (c) his little brother (d) his friend
  2. 2.Dev fell and hurt his knee. His sister put a bandage on it. Dev said, “Thank you!”

    What did Dev hurt?     (a) his head (b) his hand (c) his nose (d) his knee
  3. 3.Dev fell and hurt his knee. His sister put a bandage on it. Dev said, “Thank you!”

    What did Dev say?     (a) “Sorry!” (b) “Go away!” (c) “Hello!” (d) “Thank you!”
  4. 4.Sara had five balloons. One balloon went pop! Now she had four balloons.

    What went pop?     (a) a bubble (b) a ball (c) a balloon (d) a tyre
  5. 5.Riya lost her pencil. She looked under the bed. The pencil was in her bag!

    What did Riya lose?     (a) her bag (b) her book (c) her shoe (d) her pencil
  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) the pencil (b) the teacher (c) Riya (d) Amma
  7. 7.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) only Lata (c) Lata and Sam (d) Lata and Amma
  8. 8.Zoya made a paper boat. She put it in the rain water. The boat sailed away.

    In “She put it in the rain water”, who is “She”?     (a) Riya (b) the boat (c) Amma (d) Zoya
  9. 9.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) tore (c) flew up (d) sank
  10. 10.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) four (b) two (c) one (d) three
  11. 11.A puppy was hungry. Kiran gave it some milk. The puppy wagged its tail.

    Who was hungry?     (a) a kitten (b) a puppy (c) Kiran (d) a cow
  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 boat (b) a kite (c) a paper hat (d) a paper plane

Answer key

  1. his little brother
  2. his knee
  3. “Thank you!”
  4. a balloon
  5. her pencil
  6. Riya
  7. Lata and Sam
  8. Zoya
  9. sailed away
  10. two
  11. a puppy
  12. a paper boat

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