Short Stories for Class 1 with Questions

Reading comprehension lesson 2: Tiny stories · Set 358 · 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.The bell rang. All the children ran out to play. Rohan stayed to help the teacher.
   
   What did the children do? (a) sat down to eat (b) went home (c) ran out to play (d) read books
2. 2.Faizan helped his father wash the car. They used a bucket and a cloth. The car was clean and shiny.
   
   Who helped his father? (a) Arjun (b) Faizan (c) Neel (d) Mohan
3. 3.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) the pencil (d) Amma
4. 4.Faizan helped his father wash the car. They used a bucket and a cloth. The car was clean and shiny.
   
   How was the car at the end? (a) wet and muddy (b) clean and shiny (c) dirty and dull (d) old and broken
5. 5.Vikram’s kite got stuck in a tree. His sister got a long stick. Together they pulled the kite down.
   
   What did his sister get? (a) a rope (b) a ladder (c) a chair (d) a long stick
6. 6.Bela made a card for Amma. She drew a sun and three flowers. Amma put the card on the wall.
   
   How many flowers did Bela draw? (a) one (b) four (c) three (d) two
7. 7.Sara had five balloons. One balloon went pop! Now she had four balloons.
   
   Who had the balloons? (a) Lata (b) Riya (c) Sara (d) Zoya
8. 8.Tenzin built a tower of blocks. His little brother knocked it down. Tenzin laughed and built it again.
   
   Who knocked it down? (a) his friend (b) his cat (c) his sister (d) his little brother
9. 9.Zoya made a paper boat. She put it in the rain water. The boat sailed away.
   
   What did Zoya make? (a) a paper boat (b) a kite (c) a paper plane (d) a paper hat
10. 10.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 bird (b) a mango (c) a small green plant (d) a big red flower
11. 11.Sara had five balloons. One balloon went pop! Now she had four balloons.
    
    How many balloons did Sara have at first? (a) five (b) three (c) six (d) four
12. 12.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) lemon (c) orange (d) mango

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