Short Stories for Class 1 with Questions

Reading comprehension lesson 2: Tiny stories · Set 529 · 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.Meera had one red crayon. Her friend had no crayon. Meera shared her crayon with her.
   
   How many crayons did Meera have? (a) three (b) none (c) two (d) one
2. 2.Sara had five balloons. One balloon went pop! Now she had four balloons.
   
   How many balloons went pop? (a) one (b) five (c) two (d) three
3. 3.Aman planted a seed in a pot. He gave it water every day. Soon a small green plant came up.
   
   What did he give it every day? (a) food (b) milk (c) sugar (d) water
4. 4.Riya lost her pencil. She looked under the bed. The pencil was in her bag!
   
   Where did Riya look? (a) under the bed (b) in the garden (c) in the kitchen (d) on the roof
5. 5.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
6. 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) a giraffe (b) an elephant (c) a monkey (d) a lion
7. 7.Arjun could not find his cat. He called, “Moti, Moti!” The cat jumped out of a box.
   
   In “He called”, who is “He”? (a) Appa (b) the cat (c) Moti (d) Arjun
8. 8.Vikram’s kite got stuck in a tree. His sister got a long stick. Together they pulled the kite down.
   
   What did his sister get? (a) a long stick (b) a rope (c) a chair (d) a ladder
9. 9.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) Lata and Sam (b) Amma and Appa (c) the lollies (d) the shopkeepers
10. 10.Grandma told Mohan a story. It was about a clever crow. Mohan fell asleep at the end.
    
    True or false: The story was about a clever crow. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.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) in her bag (c) on the table (d) in the rain water
12. 12.A puppy was hungry. Kiran gave it some milk. The puppy wagged its tail.
    
    Why did Kiran give the puppy milk? (a) it was dirty (b) it was sad (c) it was hungry (d) it was cold

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