Short Stories for Class 1 with Questions

Reading comprehension lesson 2: Tiny stories · Set 514 · 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.The bell rang. All the children ran out to play. Rohan stayed to help the teacher.
   
   What rang? (a) the bell (b) the phone (c) the door (d) the alarm
2. 2.Grandma told Mohan a story. It was about a clever crow. Mohan fell asleep at the end.
   
   Who told the story? (a) Grandpa (b) the teacher (c) Mohan (d) Grandma
3. 3.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) True (b) False
4. 4.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 nose (c) his knee (d) his head
5. 5.Faizan helped his father wash the car. They used a bucket and a cloth. The car was clean and shiny.
   
   How was the car at the end? (a) wet and muddy (b) dirty and dull (c) clean and shiny (d) old and broken
6. 6.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
7. 7.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
8. 8.Dev fell and hurt his knee. His sister put a bandage on it. Dev said, “Thank you!”
   
   What did his sister put on his knee? (a) a cap (b) a bandage (c) a sock (d) some cream
9. 9.Pooja woke up early. She saw the sun come up. The sky was orange and pink.
   
   What did she see come up? (a) the sun (b) a bird (c) the moon (d) a kite
10. 10.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) Bela (b) Amma (c) Divya (d) Appa
11. 11.Sara had five balloons. One balloon went pop! Now she had four balloons.
    
    How many balloons went pop? (a) one (b) two (c) five (d) three
12. 12.Neel saw a big black cloud. He ran home fast. Then it began to rain.
    
    What colour was the cloud? (a) grey (b) white (c) black (d) blue

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