Short Stories for Class 1 with 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.
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1.Anu went to the zoo with Appa. She saw a tall giraffe. It ate leaves from a tree.
What did the giraffe eat? (a) fish (b) grass (c) bananas (d) leaves -
2.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) Appa (b) Amma (c) Bela (d) Divya -
3.Faizan helped his father wash the car. They used a bucket and a cloth. The car was clean and shiny.
Which word is the opposite of “clean”? (a) new (b) shiny (c) dirty (d) wet -
4.Zoya made a paper boat. She put it in the rain water. The boat sailed away.
What did the boat do? (a) sank (b) sailed away (c) flew up (d) tore -
5.Riya lost her pencil. She looked under the bed. The pencil was in her bag!
Where did Riya look? (a) under the bed (b) on the roof (c) in the kitchen (d) in the garden -
6.A puppy was hungry. Kiran gave it some milk. The puppy wagged its tail.
Who was hungry? (a) Kiran (b) a cow (c) a puppy (d) a kitten -
7.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 sister (b) his teacher (c) his friend (d) his mother -
8.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) short (c) thin (d) big -
9.Pooja woke up early. She saw the sun come up. The sky was orange and pink.
Which word is the opposite of “early”? (a) up (b) late (c) fast (d) soon -
10.Divya’s tooth was loose. She bit an apple. Out came the tooth!
What did she bite? (a) a chapati (b) a carrot (c) an apple (d) a mango -
11.The bell rang. All the children ran out to play. Rohan stayed to help the teacher.
What did the children do? (a) sat down to eat (b) went home (c) ran out to play (d) read books -
12.The bell rang. All the children ran out to play. Rohan stayed to help the teacher.
What rang? (a) the door (b) the phone (c) the alarm (d) the bell
Answer key
- leaves
- Bela
- dirty
- sailed away
- under the bed
- a puppy
- his sister
- short
- late
- an apple
- ran out to play
- the bell
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