Short Stories for Class 1 with Questions

Reading comprehension lesson 2: Tiny stories · Set 777 · 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.Neel saw a big black cloud. He ran home fast. Then it began to rain.
   
   What did Neel see? (a) a big black cloud (b) a rainbow (c) a big red ball (d) a white bird
2. 2.Meera had one red crayon. Her friend had no crayon. Meera shared her crayon with her.
   
   What did Meera do? (a) shared her crayon (b) broke her crayon (c) lost her crayon (d) hid her crayon
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 little cat (b) a lazy lion (c) a big fish (d) a clever crow
4. 4.Tenzin built a tower of blocks. His little brother knocked it down. Tenzin laughed and built it again.
   
   What did Tenzin build? (a) a house of cards (b) a sand castle (c) a paper boat (d) a tower of blocks
5. 5.Anu went to the zoo with Appa. She saw a tall giraffe. It ate leaves from a tree.
   
   Where did Anu go? (a) to the zoo (b) to school (c) to the market (d) to the park
6. 6.Sara had five balloons. One balloon went pop! Now she had four balloons.
   
   How many balloons did she have at the end? (a) one (b) five (c) four (d) three
7. 7.The bell rang. All the children ran out to play. Rohan stayed to help the teacher.
   
   What rang? (a) the bell (b) the door (c) the alarm (d) the phone
8. 8.Bela made a card for Amma. She drew a sun and three flowers. Amma put the card on the wall.
   
   Who made the card? (a) Amma (b) Appa (c) Divya (d) Bela
9. 9.Divya’s tooth was loose. She bit an apple. Out came the tooth!
   
   What did she bite? (a) an apple (b) a mango (c) a chapati (d) a carrot
10. 10.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) one (b) four (c) two (d) three
11. 11.Zoya made a paper boat. She put it in the rain water. The boat sailed away.
    
    Where did she put the boat? (a) on the table (b) in the rain water (c) in the sea (d) in her bag
12. 12.Zoya made a paper boat. She put it in the rain water. The boat sailed away.
    
    What did the boat do? (a) sank (b) tore (c) flew up (d) sailed away

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