Short Stories for Class 1 with 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.
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1.Bela made a card for Amma. She drew a sun and three flowers. Amma put the card on the wall.
Who made the card? (a) Divya (b) Appa (c) Amma (d) Bela -
2.The bell rang. All the children ran out to play. Rohan stayed to help the teacher.
What happened first? (a) children ran out (b) the teacher left (c) Rohan stayed (d) the bell rang -
3.Arjun could not find his cat. He called, “Moti, Moti!” The cat jumped out of a box.
True or false: The cat jumped out of a bag. (a) False (b) True -
4.Riya lost her pencil. She looked under the bed. The pencil was in her bag!
Where did Riya look? (a) in the kitchen (b) in the garden (c) under the bed (d) on the roof -
5.A puppy was hungry. Kiran gave it some milk. The puppy wagged its tail.
Why did Kiran give the puppy milk? (a) it was cold (b) it was hungry (c) it was sad (d) it was dirty -
6.Grandma told Mohan a story. It was about a clever crow. Mohan fell asleep at the end.
What did Mohan do at the end? (a) sang a song (b) fell asleep (c) cried (d) ran away -
7.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 dog (b) the car (c) the floor (d) the bus -
8.Zoya made a paper boat. She put it in the rain water. The boat sailed away.
What did the boat do? (a) flew up (b) sailed away (c) tore (d) sank -
9.The bell rang. All the children ran out to play. Rohan stayed to help the teacher.
What rang? (a) the alarm (b) the bell (c) the phone (d) the door -
10.Divya’s tooth was loose. She bit an apple. Out came the tooth!
Whose tooth was loose? (a) Anu’s (b) Divya’s (c) Rohan’s (d) Amma’s -
11.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) three (c) two (d) one -
12.Sara had five balloons. One balloon went pop! Now she had four balloons.
How many balloons did Sara have at first? (a) four (b) six (c) five (d) three
Answer key
- Bela
- the bell rang
- False
- under the bed
- it was hungry
- fell asleep
- the car
- sailed away
- the bell
- Divya’s
- two
- five
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