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.A puppy was hungry. Kiran gave it some milk. The puppy wagged its tail.
What did the puppy wag? (a) its paw (b) its ears (c) its tail (d) its head -
2.Pooja woke up early. She saw the sun come up. The sky was orange and pink.
In “She saw the sun come up”, who is “She”? (a) the sun (b) Pooja (c) Sara (d) Amma -
3.Aman planted a seed in a pot. He gave it water every day. Soon a small green plant came up.
What did he give it every day? (a) water (b) sugar (c) milk (d) food -
4.Faizan helped his father wash the car. They used a bucket and a cloth. The car was clean and shiny.
How was the car at the end? (a) clean and shiny (b) old and broken (c) wet and muddy (d) dirty and dull -
5.Riya lost her pencil. She looked under the bed. The pencil was in her bag!
Where was the pencil? (a) in her bag (b) under the bed (c) on the desk (d) in her shoe -
6.Vikram’s kite got stuck in a tree. His sister got a long stick. Together they pulled the kite down.
Where did the kite get stuck? (a) on a roof (b) in a pond (c) on a wire (d) in a tree -
7.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 -
8.Sara had five balloons. One balloon went pop! Now she had four balloons.
How many balloons went pop? (a) five (b) two (c) one (d) three -
9.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) fish (c) bananas (d) leaves -
10.Meera had one red crayon. Her friend had no crayon. Meera shared her crayon with her.
What did Meera do? (a) broke her crayon (b) hid her crayon (c) lost her crayon (d) shared her crayon -
11.The bell rang. All the children ran out to play. Rohan stayed to help the teacher.
Who stayed? (a) all the children (b) the bell (c) Anu (d) Rohan -
12.A puppy was hungry. Kiran gave it some milk. The puppy wagged its tail.
Who was hungry? (a) Kiran (b) a puppy (c) a kitten (d) a cow
Answer key
- its tail
- Pooja
- water
- clean and shiny
- in her bag
- in a tree
- True
- one
- leaves
- shared her crayon
- Rohan
- a puppy
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