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Short Stories for Class 1 with Questions

Reading comprehension lesson 2: Tiny stories · Set 71 · 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.Neel saw a big black cloud. He ran home fast. Then it began to rain.

    Where did Neel run?     (a) to the shop (b) to school (c) home (d) to the park
  2. 2.Divya’s tooth was loose. She bit an apple. Out came the tooth!

    What came out?     (a) the seed (b) the worm (c) the apple (d) the tooth
  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) two (b) three (c) one (d) four
  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 teacher (b) a little girl (c) an old lady (d) Kabir
  5. 5.The bell rang. All the children ran out to play. Rohan stayed to help the teacher.

    What happened first?     (a) Rohan stayed (b) children ran out (c) the teacher left (d) the bell rang
  6. 6.A puppy was hungry. Kiran gave it some milk. The puppy wagged its tail.

    What did the puppy wag?     (a) its paw (b) its head (c) its ears (d) its tail
  7. 7.Anu went to the zoo with Appa. She saw a tall giraffe. It ate leaves from a tree.

    Where did Anu go?     (a) to school (b) to the zoo (c) to the market (d) to the park
  8. 8.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 nose (c) his knee (d) his head
  9. 9.Riya lost her pencil. She looked under the bed. The pencil was in her bag!

    What did Riya lose?     (a) her pencil (b) her shoe (c) her bag (d) her book
  10. 10.Divya’s tooth was loose. She bit an apple. Out came the tooth!

    What did she bite?     (a) a mango (b) a chapati (c) an apple (d) a carrot
  11. 11.It was hot. Lata and Sam went to the shop. They got two cold orange ice lollies.

    What flavour were the ice lollies?     (a) lemon (b) grape (c) mango (d) orange
  12. 12.The bell rang. All the children ran out to play. Rohan stayed to help the teacher.

    What rang?     (a) the alarm (b) the door (c) the bell (d) the phone

Answer key

  1. home
  2. the tooth
  3. two
  4. an old lady
  5. the bell rang
  6. its tail
  7. to the zoo
  8. his knee
  9. her pencil
  10. an apple
  11. orange
  12. the bell

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