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Short Stories for Class 1 with Questions

Reading comprehension lesson 2: Tiny stories · Set 534 · 12 questions
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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.

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  1. 1.It was hot. Lata and Sam went to the shop. They got two cold orange ice lollies.

    How was the day?     (a) windy (b) hot (c) rainy (d) cold
  2. 2.Dev fell and hurt his knee. His sister put a bandage on it. Dev said, “Thank you!”

    What did Dev hurt?     (a) his head (b) his knee (c) his hand (d) his nose
  3. 3.Sara had five balloons. One balloon went pop! Now she had four balloons.

    How many balloons did she have at the end?     (a) five (b) one (c) four (d) three
  4. 4.The bell rang. All the children ran out to play. Rohan stayed to help the teacher.

    What did the children do?     (a) sat down to eat (b) went home (c) ran out to play (d) read books
  5. 5.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 ladder (b) a long stick (c) a rope (d) a chair
  6. 6.Neel saw a big black cloud. He ran home fast. Then it began to rain.

    Which word is the opposite of “fast”?     (a) black (b) big (c) home (d) slow
  7. 7.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 monkey (b) an elephant (c) a lion (d) a giraffe
  8. 8.A puppy was hungry. Kiran gave it some milk. The puppy wagged its tail.

    Who was hungry?     (a) a cow (b) Kiran (c) a kitten (d) a puppy
  9. 9.A puppy was hungry. Kiran gave it some milk. The puppy wagged its tail.

    What did the puppy wag?     (a) its head (b) its tail (c) its ears (d) its paw
  10. 10.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) True (b) False
  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 seed (b) a flower (c) a stone (d) a tree
  12. 12.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) Amma (d) the plant

Answer key

  1. hot
  2. his knee
  3. four
  4. ran out to play
  5. a long stick
  6. slow
  7. a giraffe
  8. a puppy
  9. its tail
  10. True
  11. a seed
  12. Aman

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