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.Riya lost her pencil. She looked under the bed. The pencil was in her bag!
Where did Riya look? (a) under the bed (b) in the garden (c) in the kitchen (d) on the roof -
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) grass (b) leaves (c) fish (d) bananas -
3.Zoya made a paper boat. She put it in the rain water. The boat sailed away.
What did the boat do? (a) tore (b) sank (c) sailed away (d) flew up -
4.It was hot. Lata and Sam went to the shop. They got two cold orange ice lollies.
How many ice lollies did they get? (a) two (b) one (c) four (d) three -
5.Sara had five balloons. One balloon went pop! Now she had four balloons.
How many balloons did she have at the end? (a) four (b) three (c) one (d) five -
6.A puppy was hungry. Kiran gave it some milk. The puppy wagged its tail.
What did the puppy wag? (a) its tail (b) its head (c) its ears (d) its paw -
7.Aman planted a seed in a pot. He gave it water every day. Soon a small green plant came up.
Where did he plant it? (a) in a pot (b) in a box (c) in the sand (d) in a cup -
8.The bell rang. All the children ran out to play. Rohan stayed to help the teacher.
Why did Rohan stay? (a) to eat lunch (b) to read a book (c) to help the teacher (d) to sleep -
9.The bell rang. All the children ran out to play. Rohan stayed to help the teacher.
Who stayed? (a) Anu (b) Rohan (c) the bell (d) all the children -
10.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) Appa (b) Kabir (c) the bag (d) the lady -
11.Divya’s tooth was loose. She bit an apple. Out came the tooth!
Whose tooth was loose? (a) Rohan’s (b) Anu’s (c) Amma’s (d) Divya’s -
12.Faizan helped his father wash the car. They used a bucket and a cloth. The car was clean and shiny.
Who helped his father? (a) Mohan (b) Faizan (c) Neel (d) Arjun
Answer key
- under the bed
- leaves
- sailed away
- two
- four
- its tail
- in a pot
- to help the teacher
- Rohan
- Kabir
- Divya’s
- Faizan
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