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Short Stories for Class 1 with Questions

Reading comprehension lesson 2: Tiny stories · Set 384 · 12 questions
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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. 1.Arjun could not find his cat. He called, “Moti, Moti!” The cat jumped out of a box.

    True or false: The cat jumped out of a bag.     (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.Arjun could not find his cat. He called, “Moti, Moti!” The cat jumped out of a box.

    Where did the cat jump out of?     (a) a basket (b) a tree (c) a box (d) a bag
  3. 3.Divya’s tooth was loose. She bit an apple. Out came the tooth!

    What came out?     (a) the worm (b) the tooth (c) the seed (d) the apple
  4. 4.Sara had five balloons. One balloon went pop! Now she had four balloons.

    How many balloons went pop?     (a) three (b) one (c) five (d) two
  5. 5.Riya lost her pencil. She looked under the bed. The pencil was in her bag!

    Where did Riya look?     (a) on the roof (b) in the garden (c) in the kitchen (d) under the bed
  6. 6.Anu went to the zoo with Appa. She saw a tall giraffe. It ate leaves from a tree.

    Who went with Anu?     (a) Amma (b) Appa (c) her brother (d) Grandma
  7. 7.Neel saw a big black cloud. He ran home fast. Then it began to rain.

    Which word is the opposite of “fast”?     (a) home (b) black (c) slow (d) big
  8. 8.Zoya made a paper boat. She put it in the rain water. The boat sailed away.

    What did the boat do?     (a) flew up (b) tore (c) sailed away (d) sank
  9. 9.Sara had five balloons. One balloon went pop! Now she had four balloons.

    Who had the balloons?     (a) Lata (b) Sara (c) Zoya (d) Riya
  10. 10.Riya lost her pencil. She looked under the bed. The pencil was in her bag!

    Where was the pencil?     (a) in her shoe (b) under the bed (c) on the desk (d) in her bag
  11. 11.Tenzin built a tower of blocks. His little brother knocked it down. Tenzin laughed and built it again.

    True or false: Tenzin got angry and cried.     (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.Kabir saw an old lady with a heavy bag. He carried the bag for her. She gave him a big smile.

    Who had a heavy bag?     (a) a teacher (b) Kabir (c) a little girl (d) an old lady

Answer key

  1. False
  2. a box
  3. the tooth
  4. one
  5. under the bed
  6. Appa
  7. slow
  8. sailed away
  9. Sara
  10. in her bag
  11. False
  12. an old lady

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