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Short Stories for Class 1 with Questions

Reading comprehension lesson 2: Tiny stories · Set 780 · 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.Zoya made a paper boat. She put it in the rain water. The boat sailed away.

    What did the boat do?     (a) tore (b) sailed away (c) flew up (d) sank
  2. 2.Pooja woke up early. She saw the sun come up. The sky was orange and pink.

    What did she see come up?     (a) a bird (b) a kite (c) the sun (d) the moon
  3. 3.Arjun could not find his cat. He called, “Moti, Moti!” The cat jumped out of a box.

    What could Arjun not find?     (a) his cat (b) his ball (c) his box (d) his dog
  4. 4.Kabir saw an old lady with a heavy bag. He carried the bag for her. She gave him a big smile.

    What did Kabir carry?     (a) a basket (b) the bag (c) a box (d) the lady
  5. 5.Sara had five balloons. One balloon went pop! Now she had four balloons.

    What went pop?     (a) a bubble (b) a tyre (c) a ball (d) a balloon
  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.A puppy was hungry. Kiran gave it some milk. The puppy wagged its tail.

    What did Kiran give the puppy?     (a) milk (b) water (c) a ball (d) bread
  8. 8.Sara had five balloons. One balloon went pop! Now she had four balloons.

    How many balloons did Sara have at first?     (a) six (b) four (c) three (d) five
  9. 9.Arjun could not find his cat. He called, “Moti, Moti!” The cat jumped out of a box.

    True or false: The cat jumped out of a bag.     (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.Sara had five balloons. One balloon went pop! Now she had four balloons.

    How many balloons did she have at the end?     (a) four (b) three (c) five (d) one
  11. 11.A puppy was hungry. Kiran gave it some milk. The puppy wagged its tail.

    Who was hungry?     (a) a puppy (b) a cow (c) a kitten (d) Kiran
  12. 12.It was hot. Lata and Sam went to the shop. They got two cold orange ice lollies.

    What flavour were the ice lollies?     (a) grape (b) lemon (c) orange (d) mango

Answer key

  1. sailed away
  2. the sun
  3. his cat
  4. the bag
  5. a balloon
  6. False
  7. milk
  8. five
  9. False
  10. four
  11. a puppy
  12. orange

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