Short Stories for Class 1 with Questions

Reading comprehension lesson 2: Tiny stories · Set 261 · 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.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) big (d) home
2. 2.Pooja woke up early. She saw the sun come up. The sky was orange and pink.
   
   What colours was the sky? (a) black and white (b) orange and pink (c) red and grey (d) blue and green
3. 3.Neel saw a big black cloud. He ran home fast. Then it began to rain.
   
   What colour was the cloud? (a) grey (b) white (c) black (d) blue
4. 4.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) Amma (b) Riya (c) the pencil (d) the teacher
5. 5.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) light (d) full
6. 6.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
7. 7.A puppy was hungry. Kiran gave it some milk. The puppy wagged its tail.
   
   Who gave the puppy milk? (a) Amma (b) Kiran (c) Riya (d) the puppy
8. 8.Meera had one red crayon. Her friend had no crayon. Meera shared her crayon with her.
   
   How many crayons did Meera have? (a) none (b) two (c) three (d) one
9. 9.Bela made a card for Amma. She drew a sun and three flowers. Amma put the card on the wall.
   
   Who was the card for? (a) Amma (b) Bela (c) Grandpa (d) the teacher
10. 10.It was hot. Lata and Sam went to the shop. They got two cold orange ice lollies.
    
    How was the day? (a) cold (b) hot (c) rainy (d) windy
11. 11.It was hot. Lata and Sam went to the shop. They got two cold orange ice lollies.
    
    Who went to the shop? (a) Lata and Amma (b) only Lata (c) Sam and Ravi (d) Lata and Sam
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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