Short Stories for Class 1 with Questions

Reading comprehension lesson 2: Tiny stories · Set 612 · 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.A puppy was hungry. Kiran gave it some milk. The puppy wagged its tail.
   
   Who gave the puppy milk? (a) Kiran (b) the puppy (c) Riya (d) Amma
2. 2.Anu went to the zoo with Appa. She saw a tall giraffe. It ate leaves from a tree.
   
   What did the giraffe eat? (a) bananas (b) leaves (c) grass (d) fish
3. 3.Sara had five balloons. One balloon went pop! Now she had four balloons.
   
   Who had the balloons? (a) Sara (b) Lata (c) Zoya (d) Riya
4. 4.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 car (c) the dog (d) the floor
5. 5.Meera had one red crayon. Her friend had no crayon. Meera shared her crayon with her.
   
   What colour was the crayon? (a) green (b) blue (c) yellow (d) red
6. 6.Vikram’s kite got stuck in a tree. His sister got a long stick. Together they pulled the kite down.
   
   What got stuck? (a) Vikram’s ball (b) his sister (c) a bird (d) Vikram’s kite
7. 7.It was hot. Lata and Sam went to the shop. They got two cold orange ice lollies.
   
   What flavour were the ice lollies? (a) grape (b) orange (c) mango (d) lemon
8. 8.Neel saw a big black cloud. He ran home fast. Then it began to rain.
   
   What colour was the cloud? (a) black (b) blue (c) white (d) grey
9. 9.Divya’s tooth was loose. She bit an apple. Out came the tooth!
   
   In “She bit an apple”, who is “She”? (a) Amma (b) Anu (c) Divya (d) the dentist
10. 10.The bell rang. All the children ran out to play. Rohan stayed to help the teacher.
    
    Who stayed? (a) the bell (b) all the children (c) Rohan (d) Anu
11. 11.Riya lost her pencil. She looked under the bed. The pencil was in her bag!
    
    Where was the pencil? (a) in her shoe (b) on the desk (c) under the bed (d) in her bag
12. 12.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

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