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Short Stories for Class 1 with Questions

Reading comprehension lesson 2: Tiny stories · Set 73 · 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.Meera had one red crayon. Her friend had no crayon. Meera shared her crayon with her.

    True or false: Meera shared her crayon.     (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.Neel saw a big black cloud. He ran home fast. Then it began to rain.

    Where did Neel run?     (a) home (b) to the shop (c) to school (d) to the park
  3. 3.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) orange (c) mango (d) grape
  4. 4.Sara had five balloons. One balloon went pop! Now she had four balloons.

    Who had the balloons?     (a) Lata (b) Zoya (c) Sara (d) Riya
  5. 5.Sara had five balloons. One balloon went pop! Now she had four balloons.

    How many balloons did Sara have at first?     (a) three (b) six (c) four (d) five
  6. 6.Pooja woke up early. She saw the sun come up. The sky was orange and pink.

    What did she see come up?     (a) the sun (b) the moon (c) a bird (d) a kite
  7. 7.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
  8. 8.Pooja woke up early. She saw the sun come up. The sky was orange and pink.

    What colours was the sky?     (a) black and white (b) red and grey (c) blue and green (d) orange and pink
  9. 9.Zoya made a paper boat. She put it in the rain water. The boat sailed away.

    What did Zoya make?     (a) a paper plane (b) a paper boat (c) a paper hat (d) a kite
  10. 10.Arjun could not find his cat. He called, “Moti, Moti!” The cat jumped out of a box.

    What could Arjun not find?     (a) his ball (b) his box (c) his dog (d) his cat
  11. 11.Pooja woke up early. She saw the sun come up. The sky was orange and pink.

    Which word is the opposite of “early”?     (a) up (b) late (c) soon (d) fast
  12. 12.Aman planted a seed in a pot. He gave it water every day. Soon a small green plant came up.

    In “He gave it water every day”, who is “He”?     (a) Aman (b) the plant (c) the gardener (d) Amma

Answer key

  1. True
  2. home
  3. orange
  4. Sara
  5. five
  6. the sun
  7. two
  8. orange and pink
  9. a paper boat
  10. his cat
  11. late
  12. Aman

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