Short Stories for Class 1 with Questions

Reading comprehension lesson 2: Tiny stories · Set 773 · 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.The bell rang. All the children ran out to play. Rohan stayed to help the teacher.
   
   What did the children do? (a) ran out to play (b) read books (c) went home (d) sat down to eat
2. 2.A puppy was hungry. Kiran gave it some milk. The puppy wagged its tail.
   
   Who gave the puppy milk? (a) the puppy (b) Riya (c) Amma (d) Kiran
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) four (b) three (c) one (d) two
4. 4.Meera had one red crayon. Her friend had no crayon. Meera shared her crayon with her.
   
   Who had no crayon? (a) the teacher (b) Meera’s mother (c) Meera (d) Meera’s friend
5. 5.Grandma told Mohan a story. It was about a clever crow. Mohan fell asleep at the end.
   
   Who heard the story? (a) Riya (b) the crow (c) Grandma (d) Mohan
6. 6.Anu went to the zoo with Appa. She saw a tall giraffe. It ate leaves from a tree.
   
   What did the giraffe eat? (a) bananas (b) grass (c) fish (d) leaves
7. 7.Meera had one red crayon. Her friend had no crayon. Meera shared her crayon with her.
   
   True or false: Meera shared her crayon. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.Vikram’s kite got stuck in a tree. His sister got a long stick. Together they pulled the kite down.
   
   Who pulled the kite down? (a) Vikram and his sister (b) only Vikram (c) Appa (d) only his sister
9. 9.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) food (b) water (c) sugar (d) milk
10. 10.Anu went to the zoo with Appa. She saw a tall giraffe. It ate leaves from a tree.
    
    Who went with Anu? (a) her brother (b) Amma (c) Appa (d) Grandma
11. 11.Sara had five balloons. One balloon went pop! Now she had four balloons.
    
    What went pop? (a) a tyre (b) a bubble (c) a balloon (d) a ball
12. 12.Neel saw a big black cloud. He ran home fast. Then it began to rain.
    
    What happened after he ran home? (a) he fell asleep (b) it got sunny (c) he went to school (d) it began to rain

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