Short Stories for Class 1 with Questions

Reading comprehension lesson 2: Tiny stories · Set 308 · 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!
   
   What did Riya lose? (a) her book (b) her bag (c) her pencil (d) her shoe
2. 2.A puppy was hungry. Kiran gave it some milk. The puppy wagged its tail.
   
   Who gave the puppy milk? (a) Amma (b) Riya (c) Kiran (d) the puppy
3. 3.A puppy was hungry. Kiran gave it some milk. The puppy wagged its tail.
   
   What did Kiran give the puppy? (a) water (b) a ball (c) milk (d) bread
4. 4.Aman planted a seed in a pot. He gave it water every day. Soon a small green plant came up.
   
   Where did he plant it? (a) in a box (b) in a cup (c) in a pot (d) in the sand
5. 5.Aman planted a seed in a pot. He gave it water every day. Soon a small green plant came up.
   
   What came up soon? (a) a big red flower (b) a mango (c) a bird (d) a small green plant
6. 6.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
7. 7.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) broke her crayon (c) shared her crayon (d) lost her crayon
8. 8.Arjun could not find his cat. He called, “Moti, Moti!” The cat jumped out of a box.
   
   What could Arjun not find? (a) his ball (b) his box (c) his cat (d) his dog
9. 9.Sara had five balloons. One balloon went pop! Now she had four balloons.
   
   How many balloons did Sara have at first? (a) four (b) five (c) six (d) three
10. 10.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 the sea (c) in her bag (d) in the rain water
11. 11.Pooja woke up early. She saw the sun come up. The sky was orange and pink.
    
    What colours was the sky? (a) black and white (b) blue and green (c) orange and pink (d) red and grey
12. 12.Tenzin built a tower of blocks. His little brother knocked it down. Tenzin laughed and built it again.
    
    What did Tenzin do then? (a) cried and ran away (b) shouted at him (c) laughed and built again (d) went to sleep

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