Short Stories for Class 1 with Questions

Reading comprehension lesson 2: Tiny stories · Set 579 · 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.Sara had five balloons. One balloon went pop! Now she had four balloons.
   
   What went pop? (a) a bubble (b) a balloon (c) a tyre (d) a ball
2. 2.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) five (d) three
3. 3.Zoya made a paper boat. She put it in the rain water. The boat sailed away.
   
   Where did she put the boat? (a) on the table (b) in the sea (c) in her bag (d) in the rain water
4. 4.Divya’s tooth was loose. She bit an apple. Out came the tooth!
   
   True or false: Divya bit a mango. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.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) thin (b) short (c) big (d) tall
6. 6.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 lion (b) a giraffe (c) an elephant (d) a monkey
7. 7.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 stone (b) a seed (c) a tree (d) a flower
8. 8.Zoya made a paper boat. She put it in the rain water. The boat sailed away.
   
   What did Zoya make? (a) a kite (b) a paper boat (c) a paper plane (d) a paper hat
9. 9.Riya lost her pencil. She looked under the bed. The pencil was in her bag!
   
   What did Riya lose? (a) her bag (b) her pencil (c) her shoe (d) her book
10. 10.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) read books (c) ran out to play (d) went home
11. 11.Riya lost her pencil. She looked under the bed. The pencil was in her bag!
    
    Where did Riya look? (a) on the roof (b) in the garden (c) under the bed (d) in the kitchen
12. 12.Faizan helped his father wash the car. They used a bucket and a cloth. The car was clean and shiny.
    
    What did they wash? (a) the bus (b) the dog (c) the floor (d) the car

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