Short Stories for Class 1 with 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.
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1.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 -
2.Divya’s tooth was loose. She bit an apple. Out came the tooth!
Whose tooth was loose? (a) Rohan’s (b) Amma’s (c) Anu’s (d) Divya’s -
3.Dev fell and hurt his knee. His sister put a bandage on it. Dev said, “Thank you!”
Who put a bandage on it? (a) his mother (b) his sister (c) his friend (d) his teacher -
4.Sara had five balloons. One balloon went pop! Now she had four balloons.
Who had the balloons? (a) Lata (b) Riya (c) Zoya (d) Sara -
5.It was hot. Lata and Sam went to the shop. They got two cold orange ice lollies.
What flavour were the ice lollies? (a) orange (b) mango (c) lemon (d) grape -
6.Pooja woke up early. She saw the sun come up. The sky was orange and pink.
What did she see come up? (a) the sun (b) a kite (c) the moon (d) a bird -
7.Bela made a card for Amma. She drew a sun and three flowers. Amma put the card on the wall.
Where did Amma put the card? (a) in her bag (b) in a box (c) on the table (d) on the wall -
8.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) a cap (c) a bandage (d) some cream -
9.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) short (c) thin (d) long -
10.Grandma told Mohan a story. It was about a clever crow. Mohan fell asleep at the end.
True or false: The story was about a clever crow. (a) True (b) False -
11.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 her bag (c) in the rain water (d) in the sea -
12.It was hot. Lata and Sam went to the shop. They got two cold orange ice lollies.
Who went to the shop? (a) only Lata (b) Sam and Ravi (c) Lata and Sam (d) Lata and Amma
Answer key
- False
- Divya’s
- his sister
- Sara
- orange
- the sun
- on the wall
- a bandage
- short
- True
- in the rain water
- Lata and Sam
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