Short Stories for Class 1 with Questions

Reading comprehension lesson 2: Tiny stories · Set 304 · 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.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) Riya (c) Amma (d) the pencil
2. 2.Meera had one red crayon. Her friend had no crayon. Meera shared her crayon with her.
   
   What did Meera do? (a) hid her crayon (b) shared her crayon (c) lost her crayon (d) broke her crayon
3. 3.Tenzin built a tower of blocks. His little brother knocked it down. Tenzin laughed and built it again.
   
   Who knocked it down? (a) his little brother (b) his friend (c) his sister (d) his cat
4. 4.Tenzin built a tower of blocks. His little brother knocked it down. Tenzin laughed and built it again.
   
   What did Tenzin build? (a) a sand castle (b) a house of cards (c) a tower of blocks (d) a paper boat
5. 5.Anu went to the zoo with Appa. She saw a tall giraffe. It ate leaves from a tree.
   
   What did the giraffe eat? (a) bananas (b) leaves (c) grass (d) fish
6. 6.The bell rang. All the children ran out to play. Rohan stayed to help the teacher.
   
   Why did Rohan stay? (a) to eat lunch (b) to read a book (c) to help the teacher (d) to sleep
7. 7.A puppy was hungry. Kiran gave it some milk. The puppy wagged its tail.
   
   Why did Kiran give the puppy milk? (a) it was dirty (b) it was cold (c) it was sad (d) it was hungry
8. 8.Sara had five balloons. One balloon went pop! Now she had four balloons.
   
   How many balloons did she have at the end? (a) three (b) five (c) four (d) one
9. 9.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 sock (b) a bandage (c) a cap (d) some cream
10. 10.Sara had five balloons. One balloon went pop! Now she had four balloons.
    
    Who had the balloons? (a) Riya (b) Sara (c) Zoya (d) Lata
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) tore (c) flew up (d) sank
12. 12.Kabir saw an old lady with a heavy bag. He carried the bag for her. She gave him a big smile.
    
    What did Kabir carry? (a) a basket (b) a box (c) the lady (d) the bag

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