Short Stories for Class 1 with Questions

Reading comprehension lesson 2: Tiny stories · Set 75 · 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.Kabir saw an old lady with a heavy bag. He carried the bag for her. She gave him a big smile.
   
   Which word is the opposite of “heavy”? (a) old (b) light (c) full (d) big
2. 2.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 tail (d) its ears
3. 3.Divya’s tooth was loose. She bit an apple. Out came the tooth!
   
   Whose tooth was loose? (a) Amma’s (b) Anu’s (c) Divya’s (d) Rohan’s
4. 4.Dev fell and hurt his knee. His sister put a bandage on it. Dev said, “Thank you!”
   
   Who put a bandage on it? (a) his mother (b) his friend (c) his sister (d) his teacher
5. 5.It was hot. Lata and Sam went to the shop. They got two cold orange ice lollies.
   
   In “They got two cold orange ice lollies”, who are “They”? (a) Lata and Sam (b) Amma and Appa (c) the shopkeepers (d) the lollies
6. 6.Divya’s tooth was loose. She bit an apple. Out came the tooth!
   
   True or false: Divya bit a mango. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.Dev fell and hurt his knee. His sister put a bandage on it. Dev said, “Thank you!”
   
   Why did Dev hurt his knee? (a) he cried (b) he slept (c) he ran (d) he fell
8. 8.Meera had one red crayon. Her friend had no crayon. Meera shared her crayon with her.
   
   What colour was the crayon? (a) yellow (b) red (c) green (d) blue
9. 9.Sara had five balloons. One balloon went pop! Now she had four balloons.
   
   How many balloons did Sara have at first? (a) four (b) three (c) six (d) five
10. 10.It was hot. Lata and Sam went to the shop. They got two cold orange ice lollies.
    
    Who went to the shop? (a) Lata and Amma (b) Lata and Sam (c) Sam and Ravi (d) only Lata
11. 11.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
12. 12.Anu went to the zoo with Appa. She saw a tall giraffe. It ate leaves from a tree.
    
    Which word is the opposite of “tall”? (a) thin (b) long (c) big (d) short

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