Short Stories for Class 1 with Questions

Reading comprehension lesson 2: Tiny stories · Set 583 · 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.
   
   In “He called”, who is “He”? (a) Arjun (b) Moti (c) Appa (d) the cat
2. 2.Grandma told Mohan a story. It was about a clever crow. Mohan fell asleep at the end.
   
   Who told the story? (a) Grandma (b) the teacher (c) Mohan (d) Grandpa
3. 3.The bell rang. All the children ran out to play. Rohan stayed to help the teacher.
   
   What rang? (a) the bell (b) the door (c) the alarm (d) the phone
4. 4.Sara had five balloons. One balloon went pop! Now she had four balloons.
   
   How many balloons did she have at the end? (a) three (b) one (c) four (d) five
5. 5.Meera had one red crayon. Her friend had no crayon. Meera shared her crayon with her.
   
   How many crayons did Meera have? (a) two (b) three (c) none (d) one
6. 6.It was hot. Lata and Sam went to the shop. They got two cold orange ice lollies.
   
   In “They got two cold orange ice lollies”, who are “They”? (a) Lata and Sam (b) the shopkeepers (c) the lollies (d) Amma and Appa
7. 7.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 house (b) a moon (c) a sun (d) a tree
8. 8.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 flower (b) a stone (c) a tree (d) a seed
9. 9.The bell rang. All the children ran out to play. Rohan stayed to help the teacher.
   
   What did the children do? (a) went home (b) ran out to play (c) read books (d) sat down to eat
10. 10.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 giraffe (b) a monkey (c) an elephant (d) a lion
11. 11.A puppy was hungry. Kiran gave it some milk. The puppy wagged its tail.
    
    What did Kiran give the puppy? (a) milk (b) a ball (c) water (d) bread
12. 12.Meera had one red crayon. Her friend had no crayon. Meera shared her crayon with her.
    
    What did Meera do? (a) shared her crayon (b) broke her crayon (c) lost her crayon (d) hid her crayon

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