Short Stories for Class 1 with Questions

Reading comprehension lesson 2: Tiny stories · Set 834 · 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.Zoya made a paper boat. She put it in the rain water. The boat sailed away.
   
   In “She put it in the rain water”, who is “She”? (a) Amma (b) Zoya (c) Riya (d) the boat
2. 2.A puppy was hungry. Kiran gave it some milk. The puppy wagged its tail.
   
   Why did Kiran give the puppy milk? (a) it was cold (b) it was sad (c) it was hungry (d) it was dirty
3. 3.Dev fell and hurt his knee. His sister put a bandage on it. Dev said, “Thank you!”
   
   What did Dev hurt? (a) his knee (b) his head (c) his hand (d) his nose
4. 4.Meera had one red crayon. Her friend had no crayon. Meera shared her crayon with her.
   
   How many crayons did Meera have? (a) three (b) none (c) two (d) one
5. 5.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
6. 6.Meera had one red crayon. Her friend had no crayon. Meera shared her crayon with her.
   
   What did Meera do? (a) broke her crayon (b) lost her crayon (c) shared her crayon (d) hid her crayon
7. 7.A puppy was hungry. Kiran gave it some milk. The puppy wagged its tail.
   
   Who gave the puppy milk? (a) Amma (b) the puppy (c) Kiran (d) Riya
8. 8.It was hot. Lata and Sam went to the shop. They got two cold orange ice lollies.
   
   Who went to the shop? (a) Sam and Ravi (b) only Lata (c) Lata and Amma (d) Lata and Sam
9. 9.Aman planted a seed in a pot. He gave it water every day. Soon a small green plant came up.
   
   In “He gave it water every day”, who is “He”? (a) Aman (b) the plant (c) Amma (d) the gardener
10. 10.Zoya made a paper boat. She put it in the rain water. The boat sailed away.
    
    Where did she put the boat? (a) in the sea (b) in her bag (c) in the rain water (d) on the table
11. 11.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 dog (b) the floor (c) the bus (d) the car
12. 12.Aman planted a seed in a pot. He gave it water every day. Soon a small green plant came up.
    
    What came up soon? (a) a big red flower (b) a bird (c) a mango (d) a small green plant

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