Short Stories for Class 1 with Questions

Reading comprehension lesson 2: Tiny stories · Set 380 · 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) the pencil (d) Amma
2. 2.Meera had one red crayon. Her friend had no crayon. Meera shared her crayon with her.
   
   Who had no crayon? (a) Meera’s mother (b) Meera (c) Meera’s friend (d) the teacher
3. 3.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) home (c) slow (d) black
4. 4.It was hot. Lata and Sam went to the shop. They got two cold orange ice lollies.
   
   Who went to the shop? (a) Lata and Sam (b) Sam and Ravi (c) Lata and Amma (d) only Lata
5. 5.Arjun could not find his cat. He called, “Moti, Moti!” The cat jumped out of a box.
   
   In “He called”, who is “He”? (a) Arjun (b) the cat (c) Appa (d) Moti
6. 6.Dev fell and hurt his knee. His sister put a bandage on it. Dev said, “Thank you!”
   
   What did Dev say? (a) “Thank you!” (b) “Sorry!” (c) “Go away!” (d) “Hello!”
7. 7.Divya’s tooth was loose. She bit an apple. Out came the tooth!
   
   What did she bite? (a) an apple (b) a carrot (c) a mango (d) a chapati
8. 8.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 small green plant (d) a bird
9. 9.Zoya made a paper boat. She put it in the rain water. The boat sailed away.
   
   What did the boat do? (a) sank (b) flew up (c) tore (d) sailed away
10. 10.Aman planted a seed in a pot. He gave it water every day. Soon a small green plant came up.
    
    What did he give it every day? (a) water (b) sugar (c) food (d) milk
11. 11.Anu went to the zoo with Appa. She saw a tall giraffe. It ate leaves from a tree.
    
    Who went with Anu? (a) her brother (b) Appa (c) Amma (d) Grandma
12. 12.Divya’s tooth was loose. She bit an apple. Out came the tooth!
    
    Whose tooth was loose? (a) Rohan’s (b) Amma’s (c) Divya’s (d) Anu’s

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