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.
What flavour were the ice lollies? (a) grape (b) lemon (c) orange (d) mango -
2.Anu went to the zoo with Appa. She saw a tall giraffe. It ate leaves from a tree.
Where did Anu go? (a) to the market (b) to the park (c) to school (d) to the zoo -
3.Vikram’s kite got stuck in a tree. His sister got a long stick. Together they pulled the kite down.
Where did the kite get stuck? (a) on a roof (b) on a wire (c) in a tree (d) in a pond -
4.Sara had five balloons. One balloon went pop! Now she had four balloons.
How many balloons did Sara have at first? (a) three (b) four (c) six (d) five -
5.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 -
6.Anu went to the zoo with Appa. She saw a tall giraffe. It ate leaves from a tree.
What animal did she see? (a) an elephant (b) a giraffe (c) a monkey (d) a lion -
7.Neel saw a big black cloud. He ran home fast. Then it began to rain.
What colour was the cloud? (a) blue (b) grey (c) black (d) white -
8.Arjun could not find his cat. He called, “Moti, Moti!” The cat jumped out of a box.
What could Arjun not find? (a) his box (b) his dog (c) his cat (d) his ball -
9.Divya’s tooth was loose. She bit an apple. Out came the tooth!
Whose tooth was loose? (a) Divya’s (b) Anu’s (c) Rohan’s (d) Amma’s -
10.Riya lost her pencil. She looked under the bed. The pencil was in her bag!
Where was the pencil? (a) under the bed (b) in her bag (c) in her shoe (d) on the desk -
11.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) under the bed (d) in the kitchen -
12.Pooja woke up early. She saw the sun come up. The sky was orange and pink.
What did she see come up? (a) a bird (b) the sun (c) a kite (d) the moon
Answer key
- orange
- to the zoo
- in a tree
- five
- Sara
- a giraffe
- black
- his cat
- Divya’s
- in her bag
- under the bed
- the sun
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