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.Divya’s tooth was loose. She bit an apple. Out came the tooth!
What came out? (a) the worm (b) the seed (c) the apple (d) the tooth -
2.A puppy was hungry. Kiran gave it some milk. The puppy wagged its tail.
What did Kiran give the puppy? (a) a ball (b) water (c) bread (d) milk -
3.Divya’s tooth was loose. She bit an apple. Out came the tooth!
In “She bit an apple”, who is “She”? (a) the dentist (b) Amma (c) Anu (d) Divya -
4.Pooja woke up early. She saw the sun come up. The sky was orange and pink.
Which word is the opposite of “early”? (a) soon (b) up (c) fast (d) late -
5.Anu went to the zoo with Appa. She saw a tall giraffe. It ate leaves from a tree.
Which word is the opposite of “tall”? (a) short (b) thin (c) big (d) long -
6.Arjun could not find his cat. He called, “Moti, Moti!” The cat jumped out of a box.
What could Arjun not find? (a) his box (b) his ball (c) his dog (d) his cat -
7.Faizan helped his father wash the car. They used a bucket and a cloth. The car was clean and shiny.
Which word is the opposite of “clean”? (a) wet (b) new (c) dirty (d) shiny -
8.Grandma told Mohan a story. It was about a clever crow. Mohan fell asleep at the end.
Who heard the story? (a) Riya (b) the crow (c) Mohan (d) Grandma -
9.It was hot. Lata and Sam went to the shop. They got two cold orange ice lollies.
Who went to the shop? (a) Sam and Ravi (b) only Lata (c) Lata and Amma (d) Lata and Sam -
10.It was hot. Lata and Sam went to the shop. They got two cold orange ice lollies.
How was the day? (a) cold (b) rainy (c) hot (d) windy -
11.Meera had one red crayon. Her friend had no crayon. Meera shared her crayon with her.
What did Meera do? (a) lost her crayon (b) hid her crayon (c) shared her crayon (d) broke her crayon -
12.The bell rang. All the children ran out to play. Rohan stayed to help the teacher.
What did the children do? (a) ran out to play (b) read books (c) went home (d) sat down to eat
Answer key
- the tooth
- milk
- Divya
- late
- short
- his cat
- dirty
- Mohan
- Lata and Sam
- hot
- shared her crayon
- ran out to play
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