Short Stories for Class 1 with Questions

Reading comprehension lesson 2: Tiny stories · Set 573 · 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.
   
   Where did the cat jump out of? (a) a tree (b) a basket (c) a bag (d) a box
2. 2.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) one (b) three (c) four (d) two
3. 3.Bela made a card for Amma. She drew a sun and three flowers. Amma put the card on the wall.
   
   Who made the card? (a) Divya (b) Amma (c) Bela (d) Appa
4. 4.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 hand (c) his knee (d) his nose
5. 5.Riya lost her pencil. She looked under the bed. The pencil was in her bag!
   
   Where was the pencil? (a) under the bed (b) in her bag (c) in her shoe (d) on the desk
6. 6.Aman planted a seed in a pot. He gave it water every day. Soon a small green plant came up.
   
   What came up soon? (a) a big red flower (b) a bird (c) a mango (d) a small green plant
7. 7.Kabir saw an old lady with a heavy bag. He carried the bag for her. She gave him a big smile.
   
   Who had a heavy bag? (a) Kabir (b) a little girl (c) a teacher (d) an old lady
8. 8.Kabir saw an old lady with a heavy bag. He carried the bag for her. She gave him a big smile.
   
   In “She gave him a big smile”, who is “him”? (a) the lady (b) Appa (c) the bag (d) Kabir
9. 9.Neel saw a big black cloud. He ran home fast. Then it began to rain.
   
   What colour was the cloud? (a) white (b) grey (c) blue (d) black
10. 10.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 stone (c) a flower (d) a tree
11. 11.A puppy was hungry. Kiran gave it some milk. The puppy wagged its tail.
    
    Who was hungry? (a) Kiran (b) a cow (c) a puppy (d) a kitten
12. 12.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) ran out to play (c) read books (d) went home

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