Short Stories for Class 1 with Questions

Reading comprehension lesson 2: Tiny stories · Set 395 · 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.Pooja woke up early. She saw the sun come up. The sky was orange and pink.
   
   What colours was the sky? (a) blue and green (b) black and white (c) red and grey (d) orange and pink
2. 2.Meera had one red crayon. Her friend had no crayon. Meera shared her crayon with her.
   
   What colour was the crayon? (a) yellow (b) green (c) blue (d) red
3. 3.Divya’s tooth was loose. She bit an apple. Out came the tooth!
   
   True or false: Divya bit a mango. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.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) Divya (b) Appa (c) Amma (d) Bela
5. 5.Sara had five balloons. One balloon went pop! Now she had four balloons.
   
   How many balloons did she have at the end? (a) three (b) four (c) one (d) five
6. 6.It was hot. Lata and Sam went to the shop. They got two cold orange ice lollies.
   
   Who went to the shop? (a) only Lata (b) Lata and Amma (c) Lata and Sam (d) Sam and Ravi
7. 7.Dev fell and hurt his knee. His sister put a bandage on it. Dev said, “Thank you!”
   
   Why did Dev hurt his knee? (a) he cried (b) he fell (c) he slept (d) he ran
8. 8.Aman planted a seed in a pot. He gave it water every day. Soon a small green plant came up.
   
   In “He gave it water every day”, who is “He”? (a) the gardener (b) Amma (c) Aman (d) the plant
9. 9.Kabir saw an old lady with a heavy bag. He carried the bag for her. She gave him a big smile.
   
   Which word is the opposite of “heavy”? (a) light (b) old (c) full (d) big
10. 10.Arjun could not find his cat. He called, “Moti, Moti!” The cat jumped out of a box.
    
    What is the cat’s name? (a) Tiger (b) Arjun (c) Moti (d) Sonu
11. 11.It was hot. Lata and Sam went to the shop. They got two cold orange ice lollies.
    
    How was the day? (a) hot (b) cold (c) windy (d) rainy
12. 12.Sara had five balloons. One balloon went pop! Now she had four balloons.
    
    What went pop? (a) a bubble (b) a ball (c) a tyre (d) a balloon

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