Short Stories for Class 1 with Questions

Reading comprehension lesson 2: Tiny stories · Set 299 · 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.It was hot. Lata and Sam went to the shop. They got two cold orange ice lollies.
   
   What flavour were the ice lollies? (a) grape (b) mango (c) orange (d) lemon
2. 2.The bell rang. All the children ran out to play. Rohan stayed to help the teacher.
   
   Who stayed? (a) all the children (b) Rohan (c) Anu (d) the bell
3. 3.Aman planted a seed in a pot. He gave it water every day. Soon a small green plant came up.
   
   What did he give it every day? (a) milk (b) sugar (c) water (d) food
4. 4.Kabir saw an old lady with a heavy bag. He carried the bag for her. She gave him a big smile.
   
   Who had a heavy bag? (a) Kabir (b) a teacher (c) a little girl (d) an old lady
5. 5.Sara had five balloons. One balloon went pop! Now she had four balloons.
   
   How many balloons went pop? (a) three (b) five (c) one (d) two
6. 6.The bell rang. All the children ran out to play. Rohan stayed to help the teacher.
   
   What did the children do? (a) read books (b) went home (c) ran out to play (d) sat down to eat
7. 7.Zoya made a paper boat. She put it in the rain water. The boat sailed away.
   
   Where did she put the boat? (a) on the table (b) in her bag (c) in the sea (d) in the rain water
8. 8.Dev fell and hurt his knee. His sister put a bandage on it. Dev said, “Thank you!”
   
   What did his sister put on his knee? (a) a cap (b) some cream (c) a sock (d) a bandage
9. 9.Riya lost her pencil. She looked under the bed. The pencil was in her bag!
   
   What did Riya lose? (a) her book (b) her pencil (c) her bag (d) her shoe
10. 10.Zoya made a paper boat. She put it in the rain water. The boat sailed away.
    
    What did Zoya make? (a) a kite (b) a paper plane (c) a paper boat (d) a paper hat
11. 11.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) flew up (c) sank (d) tore
12. 12.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

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