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Short Stories for Class 1 with Questions

Reading comprehension lesson 2: Tiny stories · Set 535 · 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.A puppy was hungry. Kiran gave it some milk. The puppy wagged its tail.

    Who gave the puppy milk?     (a) Riya (b) the puppy (c) Kiran (d) Amma
  2. 2.Arjun could not find his cat. He called, “Moti, Moti!” The cat jumped out of a box.

    What is the cat’s name?     (a) Arjun (b) Tiger (c) Sonu (d) Moti
  3. 3.Tenzin built a tower of blocks. His little brother knocked it down. Tenzin laughed and built it again.

    In “His little brother knocked it down”, what is “it”?     (a) the tower (b) the box (c) the brother (d) the floor
  4. 4.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
  5. 5.Neel saw a big black cloud. He ran home fast. Then it began to rain.

    What colour was the cloud?     (a) blue (b) grey (c) black (d) white
  6. 6.Dev fell and hurt his knee. His sister put a bandage on it. Dev said, “Thank you!”

    What did Dev say?     (a) “Sorry!” (b) “Hello!” (c) “Go away!” (d) “Thank you!”
  7. 7.Bela made a card for Amma. She drew a sun and three flowers. Amma put the card on the wall.

    How many flowers did Bela draw?     (a) two (b) one (c) four (d) three
  8. 8.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 tree (d) a box
  9. 9.Dev fell and hurt his knee. His sister put a bandage on it. Dev said, “Thank you!”

    Why did Dev hurt his knee?     (a) he slept (b) he fell (c) he cried (d) he ran
  10. 10.Sara had five balloons. One balloon went pop! Now she had four balloons.

    How many balloons did Sara have at first?     (a) four (b) six (c) three (d) five
  11. 11.Grandma told Mohan a story. It was about a clever crow. Mohan fell asleep at the end.

    Who told the story?     (a) the teacher (b) Grandma (c) Grandpa (d) Mohan
  12. 12.Sara had five balloons. One balloon went pop! Now she had four balloons.

    How many balloons went pop?     (a) five (b) two (c) three (d) one

Answer key

  1. Kiran
  2. Moti
  3. the tower
  4. True
  5. black
  6. “Thank you!”
  7. three
  8. a box
  9. he fell
  10. five
  11. Grandma
  12. one

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