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Short Stories for Class 1 with Questions

Reading comprehension lesson 2: Tiny stories · Set 275 · 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.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
  2. 2.Zoya made a paper boat. She put it in the rain water. The boat sailed away.

    What did the boat do?     (a) sank (b) tore (c) flew up (d) sailed away
  3. 3.Divya’s tooth was loose. She bit an apple. Out came the tooth!

    What came out?     (a) the worm (b) the apple (c) the tooth (d) the seed
  4. 4.Divya’s tooth was loose. She bit an apple. Out came the tooth!

    True or false: Divya bit a mango.     (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.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) dirty and dull (b) clean and shiny (c) old and broken (d) wet and muddy
  6. 6.Dev fell and hurt his knee. His sister put a bandage on it. Dev said, “Thank you!”

    Why did Dev hurt his knee?     (a) he fell (b) he cried (c) he slept (d) he ran
  7. 7.A puppy was hungry. Kiran gave it some milk. The puppy wagged its tail.

    What did the puppy wag?     (a) its head (b) its paw (c) its tail (d) its ears
  8. 8.Meera had one red crayon. Her friend had no crayon. Meera shared her crayon with her.

    True or false: Meera shared her crayon.     (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.Sara had five balloons. One balloon went pop! Now she had four balloons.

    Who had the balloons?     (a) Riya (b) Lata (c) Zoya (d) Sara
  10. 10.Grandma told Mohan a story. It was about a clever crow. Mohan fell asleep at the end.

    Who told the story?     (a) Mohan (b) Grandpa (c) the teacher (d) Grandma
  11. 11.Grandma told Mohan a story. It was about a clever crow. Mohan fell asleep at the end.

    Who heard the story?     (a) the crow (b) Riya (c) Mohan (d) Grandma
  12. 12.The bell rang. All the children ran out to play. Rohan stayed to help the teacher.

    What did the children do?     (a) ran out to play (b) went home (c) sat down to eat (d) read books

Answer key

  1. a puppy
  2. sailed away
  3. the tooth
  4. False
  5. clean and shiny
  6. he fell
  7. its tail
  8. True
  9. Sara
  10. Grandma
  11. Mohan
  12. ran out to play

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