Short Stories for Class 1 with Questions

Reading comprehension lesson 2: Tiny stories · Set 519 · 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.It was hot. Lata and Sam went to the shop. They got two cold orange ice lollies.
   
   Who went to the shop? (a) Lata and Amma (b) Sam and Ravi (c) Lata and Sam (d) only Lata
2. 2.Anu went to the zoo with Appa. She saw a tall giraffe. It ate leaves from a tree.
   
   Who went with Anu? (a) her brother (b) Appa (c) Grandma (d) Amma
3. 3.The bell rang. All the children ran out to play. Rohan stayed to help the teacher.
   
   Who stayed? (a) Rohan (b) all the children (c) Anu (d) the bell
4. 4.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
5. 5.Aman planted a seed in a pot. He gave it water every day. Soon a small green plant came up.
   
   What came up soon? (a) a mango (b) a big red flower (c) a small green plant (d) a bird
6. 6.Grandma told Mohan a story. It was about a clever crow. Mohan fell asleep at the end.
   
   Who told the story? (a) Grandma (b) Grandpa (c) Mohan (d) the teacher
7. 7.Riya lost her pencil. She looked under the bed. The pencil was in her bag!
   
   What did Riya lose? (a) her shoe (b) her pencil (c) her bag (d) her book
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) Aman (b) the gardener (c) the plant (d) Amma
9. 9.Arjun could not find his cat. He called, “Moti, Moti!” The cat jumped out of a box.
   
   Where did the cat jump out of? (a) a basket (b) a bag (c) a box (d) a tree
10. 10.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) the lollies (c) Amma and Appa (d) Lata and Sam
11. 11.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 flower (b) a tree (c) a stone (d) a seed
12. 12.Faizan helped his father wash the car. They used a bucket and a cloth. The car was clean and shiny.
    
    Which word is the opposite of “clean”? (a) new (b) wet (c) shiny (d) dirty

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