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.It was hot. Lata and Sam went to the shop. They got two cold orange ice lollies.
How was the day? (a) windy (b) rainy (c) cold (d) hot -
2.Riya lost her pencil. She looked under the bed. The pencil was in her bag!
Where did Riya look? (a) in the kitchen (b) on the roof (c) in the garden (d) under the bed -
3.Zoya made a paper boat. She put it in the rain water. The boat sailed away.
What did Zoya make? (a) a paper plane (b) a paper hat (c) a kite (d) a paper boat -
4.A puppy was hungry. Kiran gave it some milk. The puppy wagged its tail.
What did Kiran give the puppy? (a) milk (b) water (c) bread (d) a ball -
5.Arjun could not find his cat. He called, “Moti, Moti!” The cat jumped out of a box.
What could Arjun not find? (a) his cat (b) his dog (c) his box (d) his ball -
6.Meera had one red crayon. Her friend had no crayon. Meera shared her crayon with her.
How many crayons did Meera have? (a) one (b) three (c) two (d) none -
7.Bela made a card for Amma. She drew a sun and three flowers. Amma put the card on the wall.
Who made the card? (a) Amma (b) Appa (c) Divya (d) Bela -
8.Dev fell and hurt his knee. His sister put a bandage on it. Dev said, “Thank you!”
What did Dev hurt? (a) his hand (b) his knee (c) his nose (d) his head -
9.Kabir saw an old lady with a heavy bag. He carried the bag for her. She gave him a big smile.
In “She gave him a big smile”, who is “him”? (a) Appa (b) the bag (c) the lady (d) Kabir -
10.Dev fell and hurt his knee. His sister put a bandage on it. Dev said, “Thank you!”
What did Dev say? (a) “Sorry!” (b) “Hello!” (c) “Go away!” (d) “Thank you!” -
11.It was hot. Lata and Sam went to the shop. They got two cold orange ice lollies.
In “They got two cold orange ice lollies”, who are “They”? (a) the shopkeepers (b) Amma and Appa (c) Lata and Sam (d) the lollies -
12.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
Answer key
- hot
- under the bed
- a paper boat
- milk
- his cat
- one
- Bela
- his knee
- Kabir
- “Thank you!”
- Lata and Sam
- False
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