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Short Stories for Class 1 with Questions

Reading comprehension lesson 2: Tiny stories · Set 810 · 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.It was hot. Lata and Sam went to the shop. They got two cold orange ice lollies.

    How was the day?     (a) rainy (b) windy (c) cold (d) hot
  2. 2.Sara had five balloons. One balloon went pop! Now she had four balloons.

    How many balloons went pop?     (a) one (b) three (c) two (d) five
  3. 3.Dev fell and hurt his knee. His sister put a bandage on it. Dev said, “Thank you!”

    What did Dev say?     (a) “Hello!” (b) “Sorry!” (c) “Go away!” (d) “Thank you!”
  4. 4.Faizan helped his father wash the car. They used a bucket and a cloth. The car was clean and shiny.

    What did they wash?     (a) the bus (b) the car (c) the dog (d) the floor
  5. 5.Pooja woke up early. She saw the sun come up. The sky was orange and pink.

    When did Pooja wake up?     (a) at noon (b) at night (c) early (d) late
  6. 6.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) Divya (c) Bela (d) Appa
  7. 7.Riya lost her pencil. She looked under the bed. The pencil was in her bag!

    Where was the pencil?     (a) in her shoe (b) in her bag (c) on the desk (d) under the bed
  8. 8.Neel saw a big black cloud. He ran home fast. Then it began to rain.

    Which word is the opposite of “fast”?     (a) big (b) black (c) home (d) slow
  9. 9.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 fell (b) he slept (c) he cried (d) he ran
  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) four (b) three (c) two (d) one
  11. 11.Zoya made a paper boat. She put it in the rain water. The boat sailed away.

    What did Zoya make?     (a) a paper boat (b) a kite (c) a paper plane (d) a paper hat
  12. 12.The bell rang. All the children ran out to play. Rohan stayed to help the teacher.

    What rang?     (a) the phone (b) the alarm (c) the door (d) the bell

Answer key

  1. hot
  2. one
  3. “Thank you!”
  4. the car
  5. early
  6. Bela
  7. in her bag
  8. slow
  9. he fell
  10. two
  11. a paper boat
  12. the bell

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