Short Stories for Class 1 with Questions

Reading comprehension lesson 2: Tiny stories · Set 525 · 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.Riya lost her pencil. She looked under the bed. The pencil was in her bag!
   
   Where was the pencil? (a) under the bed (b) on the desk (c) in her shoe (d) in her bag
2. 2.Arjun could not find his cat. He called, “Moti, Moti!” The cat jumped out of a box.
   
   What could Arjun not find? (a) his dog (b) his cat (c) his ball (d) his box
3. 3.It was hot. Lata and Sam went to the shop. They got two cold orange ice lollies.
   
   How many ice lollies did they get? (a) four (b) one (c) three (d) two
4. 4.A puppy was hungry. Kiran gave it some milk. The puppy wagged its tail.
   
   What did Kiran give the puppy? (a) a ball (b) water (c) bread (d) milk
5. 5.Zoya made a paper boat. She put it in the rain water. The boat sailed away.
   
   What did the boat do? (a) sank (b) tore (c) sailed away (d) flew up
6. 6.Grandma told Mohan a story. It was about a clever crow. Mohan fell asleep at the end.
   
   Who heard the story? (a) the crow (b) Riya (c) Grandma (d) Mohan
7. 7.Neel saw a big black cloud. He ran home fast. Then it began to rain.
   
   Which word is the opposite of “fast”? (a) big (b) home (c) slow (d) black
8. 8.Tenzin built a tower of blocks. His little brother knocked it down. Tenzin laughed and built it again.
   
   Who knocked it down? (a) his cat (b) his sister (c) his little brother (d) his friend
9. 9.Sara had five balloons. One balloon went pop! Now she had four balloons.
   
   What went pop? (a) a ball (b) a balloon (c) a bubble (d) a tyre
10. 10.Neel saw a big black cloud. He ran home fast. Then it began to rain.
    
    Where did Neel run? (a) to school (b) to the shop (c) to the park (d) home
11. 11.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 plant (b) the gardener (c) Aman (d) Amma
12. 12.The bell rang. All the children ran out to play. Rohan stayed to help the teacher.
    
    What did the children do? (a) went home (b) read books (c) sat down to eat (d) ran out to play

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