Short Stories for Class 1 with Questions

Reading comprehension lesson 2: Tiny stories · Set 571 · 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.
   
   What colour was the crayon? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red (d) green
2. 2.Faizan helped his father wash the car. They used a bucket and a cloth. The car was clean and shiny.
   
   Which word is the opposite of “clean”? (a) shiny (b) new (c) wet (d) dirty
3. 3.Anu went to the zoo with Appa. She saw a tall giraffe. It ate leaves from a tree.
   
   Which word is the opposite of “tall”? (a) big (b) long (c) thin (d) short
4. 4.Sara had five balloons. One balloon went pop! Now she had four balloons.
   
   Who had the balloons? (a) Riya (b) Sara (c) Lata (d) Zoya
5. 5.Grandma told Mohan a story. It was about a clever crow. Mohan fell asleep at the end.
   
   Who told the story? (a) Grandma (b) Mohan (c) Grandpa (d) the teacher
6. 6.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
7. 7.Riya lost her pencil. She looked under the bed. The pencil was in her bag!
   
   In “She looked under the bed”, who is “She”? (a) the teacher (b) the pencil (c) Amma (d) Riya
8. 8.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
9. 9.Neel saw a big black cloud. He ran home fast. Then it began to rain.
   
   What did Neel see? (a) a big black cloud (b) a white bird (c) a rainbow (d) a big red ball
10. 10.Vikram’s kite got stuck in a tree. His sister got a long stick. Together they pulled the kite down.
    
    Which word is the opposite of “long”? (a) big (b) short (c) thin (d) tall
11. 11.Pooja woke up early. She saw the sun come up. The sky was orange and pink.
    
    What colours was the sky? (a) red and grey (b) black and white (c) blue and green (d) orange and pink
12. 12.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 wire (b) in a pond (c) on a roof (d) in a tree

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