Short Stories for Class 1 with Questions

Reading comprehension lesson 2: Tiny stories · Set 53 · 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.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
2. 2.A puppy was hungry. Kiran gave it some milk. The puppy wagged its tail.
   
   What did the puppy wag? (a) its tail (b) its ears (c) its head (d) its paw
3. 3.Grandma told Mohan a story. It was about a clever crow. Mohan fell asleep at the end.
   
   Who heard the story? (a) Riya (b) Grandma (c) Mohan (d) the crow
4. 4.Bela made a card for Amma. She drew a sun and three flowers. Amma put the card on the wall.
   
   Who was the card for? (a) Amma (b) the teacher (c) Grandpa (d) Bela
5. 5.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
6. 6.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 the rain water (c) on the table (d) in her bag
7. 7.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
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) some cream (b) a bandage (c) a cap (d) a sock
9. 9.Sara had five balloons. One balloon went pop! Now she had four balloons.
   
   How many balloons did Sara have at first? (a) five (b) four (c) three (d) six
10. 10.Neel saw a big black cloud. He ran home fast. Then it began to rain.
    
    What colour was the cloud? (a) black (b) white (c) blue (d) grey
11. 11.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) only Lata (d) Lata and Sam
12. 12.A puppy was hungry. Kiran gave it some milk. The puppy wagged its tail.
    
    Who was hungry? (a) a puppy (b) a cow (c) Kiran (d) a kitten

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