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Short Stories for Class 1 with Questions

Reading comprehension lesson 2: Tiny stories · Set 696 · 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.The bell rang. All the children ran out to play. Rohan stayed to help the teacher.

    What did the children do?     (a) sat down to eat (b) read books (c) went home (d) ran out to play
  2. 2.Pooja woke up early. She saw the sun come up. The sky was orange and pink.

    What did she see come up?     (a) a kite (b) a bird (c) the moon (d) the sun
  3. 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) sugar (b) milk (c) water (d) food
  4. 4.Kabir saw an old lady with a heavy bag. He carried the bag for her. She gave him a big smile.

    Who had a heavy bag?     (a) a little girl (b) Kabir (c) an old lady (d) a teacher
  5. 5.A puppy was hungry. Kiran gave it some milk. The puppy wagged its tail.

    What did Kiran give the puppy?     (a) bread (b) a ball (c) water (d) milk
  6. 6.Arjun could not find his cat. He called, “Moti, Moti!” The cat jumped out of a box.

    Where did the cat jump out of?     (a) a bag (b) a tree (c) a box (d) a basket
  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 car (b) the bus (c) the floor (d) the dog
  8. 8.Dev fell and hurt his knee. His sister put a bandage on it. Dev said, “Thank you!”

    What did Dev say?     (a) “Go away!” (b) “Hello!” (c) “Sorry!” (d) “Thank you!”
  9. 9.Riya lost her pencil. She looked under the bed. The pencil was in her bag!

    Which word is the opposite of “lost”?     (a) looked (b) broke (c) took (d) found
  10. 10.Zoya made a paper boat. She put it in the rain water. The boat sailed away.

    What did the boat do?     (a) flew up (b) sank (c) tore (d) sailed away
  11. 11.Meera had one red crayon. Her friend had no crayon. Meera shared her crayon with her.

    Who had no crayon?     (a) Meera’s mother (b) Meera (c) the teacher (d) Meera’s friend
  12. 12.Anu went to the zoo with Appa. She saw a tall giraffe. It ate leaves from a tree.

    Who went with Anu?     (a) Grandma (b) Amma (c) her brother (d) Appa

Answer key

  1. ran out to play
  2. the sun
  3. water
  4. an old lady
  5. milk
  6. a box
  7. the car
  8. “Thank you!”
  9. found
  10. sailed away
  11. Meera’s friend
  12. Appa

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