Short Stories for Class 1 with Questions

Reading comprehension lesson 2: Tiny stories · Set 746 · 12 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.

1. 1.Grandma told Mohan a story. It was about a clever crow. Mohan fell asleep at the end.
   
   What did Mohan do at the end? (a) ran away (b) fell asleep (c) sang a song (d) cried
2. 2.Divya’s tooth was loose. She bit an apple. Out came the tooth!
   
   True or false: Divya bit a mango. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.Grandma told Mohan a story. It was about a clever crow. Mohan fell asleep at the end.
   
   What was the story about? (a) a lazy lion (b) a clever crow (c) a little cat (d) a big fish
4. 4.Meera had one red crayon. Her friend had no crayon. Meera shared her crayon with her.
   
   What colour was the crayon? (a) red (b) green (c) blue (d) yellow
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) milk (c) water (d) a ball
6. 6.Kabir saw an old lady with a heavy bag. He carried the bag for her. She gave him a big smile.
   
   In “She gave him a big smile”, who is “him”? (a) the lady (b) Kabir (c) Appa (d) the bag
7. 7.Arjun could not find his cat. He called, “Moti, Moti!” The cat jumped out of a box.
   
   What is the cat’s name? (a) Arjun (b) Tiger (c) Sonu (d) Moti
8. 8.Neel saw a big black cloud. He ran home fast. Then it began to rain.
   
   Which word is the opposite of “fast”? (a) home (b) big (c) black (d) slow
9. 9.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 basket (b) a bag (c) a tree (d) a box
10. 10.Sara had five balloons. One balloon went pop! Now she had four balloons.
    
    Who had the balloons? (a) Sara (b) Lata (c) Riya (d) Zoya
11. 11.Vikram’s kite got stuck in a tree. His sister got a long stick. Together they pulled the kite down.
    
    Which word is the opposite of “long”? (a) tall (b) thin (c) big (d) short
12. 12.The bell rang. All the children ran out to play. Rohan stayed to help the teacher.
    
    What did the children do? (a) read books (b) sat down to eat (c) ran out to play (d) went home

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