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Short Stories for Class 1 with Questions

Reading comprehension lesson 2: Tiny stories · Set 82 · 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.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
  2. 2.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) ran out to play (c) read books (d) went home
  3. 3.Pooja woke up early. She saw the sun come up. The sky was orange and pink.

    Which word is the opposite of “early”?     (a) fast (b) soon (c) late (d) up
  4. 4.Riya lost her pencil. She looked under the bed. The pencil was in her bag!

    Which word is the opposite of “lost”?     (a) took (b) looked (c) broke (d) found
  5. 5.Arjun could not find his cat. He called, “Moti, Moti!” The cat jumped out of a box.

    What is the cat’s name?     (a) Tiger (b) Arjun (c) Sonu (d) Moti
  6. 6.It was hot. Lata and Sam went to the shop. They got two cold orange ice lollies.

    How was the day?     (a) windy (b) rainy (c) cold (d) hot
  7. 7.Dev fell and hurt his knee. His sister put a bandage on it. Dev said, “Thank you!”

    What did Dev say?     (a) “Sorry!” (b) “Hello!” (c) “Thank you!” (d) “Go away!”
  8. 8.Sara had five balloons. One balloon went pop! Now she had four balloons.

    What went pop?     (a) a bubble (b) a ball (c) a tyre (d) a balloon
  9. 9.Meera had one red crayon. Her friend had no crayon. Meera shared her crayon with her.

    What did Meera do?     (a) hid her crayon (b) shared her crayon (c) broke her crayon (d) lost her crayon
  10. 10.The bell rang. All the children ran out to play. Rohan stayed to help the teacher.

    What rang?     (a) the alarm (b) the door (c) the bell (d) the phone
  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) in her bag (b) on the table (c) in the rain water (d) in the sea
  12. 12.Aman planted a seed in a pot. He gave it water every day. Soon a small green plant came up.

    What did Aman plant?     (a) a seed (b) a flower (c) a tree (d) a stone

Answer key

  1. True
  2. ran out to play
  3. late
  4. found
  5. Moti
  6. hot
  7. “Thank you!”
  8. a balloon
  9. shared her crayon
  10. the bell
  11. in the rain water
  12. a seed

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