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Short Stories for Class 1 with Questions

Reading comprehension lesson 2: Tiny stories · Set 471 · 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.Riya lost her pencil. She looked under the bed. The pencil was in her bag!

    Which word is the opposite of “lost”?     (a) looked (b) broke (c) found (d) took
  2. 2.A puppy was hungry. Kiran gave it some milk. The puppy wagged its tail.

    Who gave the puppy milk?     (a) the puppy (b) Amma (c) Riya (d) Kiran
  3. 3.Zoya made a paper boat. She put it in the rain water. The boat sailed away.

    True or false: Zoya made a paper boat.     (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.Anu went to the zoo with Appa. She saw a tall giraffe. It ate leaves from a tree.

    What animal did she see?     (a) a lion (b) a giraffe (c) a monkey (d) an elephant
  5. 5.Aman planted a seed in a pot. He gave it water every day. Soon a small green plant came up.

    What did Aman plant?     (a) a tree (b) a flower (c) a stone (d) a seed
  6. 6.A puppy was hungry. Kiran gave it some milk. The puppy wagged its tail.

    What did the puppy wag?     (a) its ears (b) its head (c) its tail (d) its paw
  7. 7.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) False (b) True
  8. 8.Riya lost her pencil. She looked under the bed. The pencil was in her bag!

    What did Riya lose?     (a) her bag (b) her book (c) her shoe (d) her pencil
  9. 9.Zoya made a paper boat. She put it in the rain water. The boat sailed away.

    Where did she put the boat?     (a) in the sea (b) on the table (c) in her bag (d) in the rain water
  10. 10.Pooja woke up early. She saw the sun come up. The sky was orange and pink.

    When did Pooja wake up?     (a) early (b) at noon (c) at night (d) late
  11. 11.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
  12. 12.A puppy was hungry. Kiran gave it some milk. The puppy wagged its tail.

    What did Kiran give the puppy?     (a) bread (b) milk (c) a ball (d) water

Answer key

  1. found
  2. Kiran
  3. True
  4. a giraffe
  5. a seed
  6. its tail
  7. False
  8. her pencil
  9. in the rain water
  10. early
  11. Sara
  12. milk

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