Short Stories for Class 1 with Questions

Reading comprehension lesson 2: Tiny stories · Set 542 · 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.A puppy was hungry. Kiran gave it some milk. The puppy wagged its tail.
   
   What did Kiran give the puppy? (a) bread (b) water (c) a ball (d) milk
2. 2.Bela made a card for Amma. She drew a sun and three flowers. Amma put the card on the wall.
   
   What did Bela draw with the flowers? (a) a tree (b) a sun (c) a moon (d) a house
3. 3.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
4. 4.Pooja woke up early. She saw the sun come up. The sky was orange and pink.
   
   What did she see come up? (a) a bird (b) a kite (c) the sun (d) the moon
5. 5.Neel saw a big black cloud. He ran home fast. Then it began to rain.
   
   Where did Neel run? (a) home (b) to the shop (c) to school (d) to the park
6. 6.Vikram’s kite got stuck in a tree. His sister got a long stick. Together they pulled the kite down.
   
   Where did the kite get stuck? (a) on a roof (b) in a pond (c) in a tree (d) on a wire
7. 7.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) a sock (b) some cream (c) a cap (d) a bandage
8. 8.Tenzin built a tower of blocks. His little brother knocked it down. Tenzin laughed and built it again.
   
   What did Tenzin do then? (a) went to sleep (b) cried and ran away (c) laughed and built again (d) shouted at him
9. 9.Sara had five balloons. One balloon went pop! Now she had four balloons.
   
   What went pop? (a) a bubble (b) a ball (c) a balloon (d) a tyre
10. 10.Grandma told Mohan a story. It was about a clever crow. Mohan fell asleep at the end.
    
    What was the story about? (a) a lazy lion (b) a big fish (c) a clever crow (d) a little cat
11. 11.Riya lost her pencil. She looked under the bed. The pencil was in her bag!
    
    Where was the pencil? (a) in her shoe (b) under the bed (c) in her bag (d) on the desk
12. 12.Tenzin built a tower of blocks. His little brother knocked it down. Tenzin laughed and built it again.
    
    What did Tenzin build? (a) a paper boat (b) a tower of blocks (c) a house of cards (d) a sand castle

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