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Short Stories for Class 1 with Questions

Reading comprehension lesson 2: Tiny stories · Set 30 · 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.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 teacher (b) the pencil (c) Amma (d) Riya
  2. 2.Arjun could not find his cat. He called, “Moti, Moti!” The cat jumped out of a box.

    Where did the cat jump out of?     (a) a box (b) a basket (c) a bag (d) a tree
  3. 3.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
  4. 4.Bela made a card for Amma. She drew a sun and three flowers. Amma put the card on the wall.

    What did Bela draw with the flowers?     (a) a moon (b) a sun (c) a tree (d) a house
  5. 5.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 ran (b) he slept (c) he cried (d) he fell
  6. 6.Sara had five balloons. One balloon went pop! Now she had four balloons.

    How many balloons went pop?     (a) one (b) two (c) three (d) five
  7. 7.Anu went to the zoo with Appa. She saw a tall giraffe. It ate leaves from a tree.

    What did the giraffe eat?     (a) fish (b) leaves (c) bananas (d) grass
  8. 8.Divya’s tooth was loose. She bit an apple. Out came the tooth!

    What did she bite?     (a) an apple (b) a mango (c) a chapati (d) a carrot
  9. 9.Pooja woke up early. She saw the sun come up. The sky was orange and pink.

    In “She saw the sun come up”, who is “She”?     (a) Amma (b) Pooja (c) the sun (d) Sara
  10. 10.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!”
  11. 11.Neel saw a big black cloud. He ran home fast. Then it began to rain.

    Which word is the opposite of “fast”?     (a) big (b) slow (c) home (d) black
  12. 12.Meera had one red crayon. Her friend had no crayon. Meera shared her crayon with her.

    What colour was the crayon?     (a) blue (b) green (c) yellow (d) red

Answer key

  1. Riya
  2. a box
  3. Bela
  4. a sun
  5. he fell
  6. one
  7. leaves
  8. an apple
  9. Pooja
  10. “Thank you!”
  11. slow
  12. red

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