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Short Stories for Class 1 with Questions

Reading comprehension lesson 2: Tiny stories · Set 64 · 12 questions
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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. 1.Arjun could not find his cat. He called, “Moti, Moti!” The cat jumped out of a box.

    True or false: The cat jumped out of a bag.     (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.A puppy was hungry. Kiran gave it some milk. The puppy wagged its tail.

    Who gave the puppy milk?     (a) the puppy (b) Riya (c) Kiran (d) Amma
  3. 3.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) one (b) four (c) two (d) three
  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) four (b) five (c) three (d) one
  5. 5.Vikram’s kite got stuck in a tree. His sister got a long stick. Together they pulled the kite down.

    What got stuck?     (a) a bird (b) Vikram’s kite (c) his sister (d) Vikram’s ball
  6. 6.Meera had one red crayon. Her friend had no crayon. Meera shared her crayon with her.

    How many crayons did Meera have?     (a) one (b) three (c) none (d) two
  7. 7.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 dog (b) the bus (c) the car (d) the floor
  8. 8.Divya’s tooth was loose. She bit an apple. Out came the tooth!

    Whose tooth was loose?     (a) Amma’s (b) Anu’s (c) Divya’s (d) Rohan’s
  9. 9.Arjun could not find his cat. He called, “Moti, Moti!” The cat jumped out of a box.

    What could Arjun not find?     (a) his dog (b) his box (c) his cat (d) his ball
  10. 10.Dev fell and hurt his knee. His sister put a bandage on it. Dev said, “Thank you!”

    What did Dev hurt?     (a) his hand (b) his head (c) his knee (d) his nose
  11. 11.Riya lost her pencil. She looked under the bed. The pencil was in her bag!

    Which word is the opposite of “lost”?     (a) found (b) broke (c) looked (d) took
  12. 12.Grandma told Mohan a story. It was about a clever crow. Mohan fell asleep at the end.

    Who told the story?     (a) the teacher (b) Mohan (c) Grandma (d) Grandpa

Answer key

  1. False
  2. Kiran
  3. two
  4. four
  5. Vikram’s kite
  6. one
  7. the car
  8. Divya’s
  9. his cat
  10. his knee
  11. found
  12. Grandma

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