Short Stories for Class 1 with Questions

Reading comprehension lesson 2: Tiny stories · Set 838 · 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.Tenzin built a tower of blocks. His little brother knocked it down. Tenzin laughed and built it again.
   
   What did Tenzin do then? (a) laughed and built again (b) shouted at him (c) cried and ran away (d) went to sleep
2. 2.Riya lost her pencil. She looked under the bed. The pencil was in her bag!
   
   Where was the pencil? (a) in her bag (b) on the desk (c) under the bed (d) in her shoe
3. 3.Sara had five balloons. One balloon went pop! Now she had four balloons.
   
   How many balloons went pop? (a) five (b) two (c) three (d) one
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 the lady give Kabir? (a) a big smile (b) some money (c) a sweet (d) a book
5. 5.Divya’s tooth was loose. She bit an apple. Out came the tooth!
   
   Whose tooth was loose? (a) Divya’s (b) Rohan’s (c) Amma’s (d) Anu’s
6. 6.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 flower (b) a stone (c) a tree (d) a seed
7. 7.Vikram’s kite got stuck in a tree. His sister got a long stick. Together they pulled the kite down.
   
   What got stuck? (a) his sister (b) a bird (c) Vikram’s ball (d) Vikram’s kite
8. 8.Grandma told Mohan a story. It was about a clever crow. Mohan fell asleep at the end.
   
   What did Mohan do at the end? (a) ran away (b) sang a song (c) cried (d) fell asleep
9. 9.Divya’s tooth was loose. She bit an apple. Out came the tooth!
   
   In “She bit an apple”, who is “She”? (a) the dentist (b) Amma (c) Divya (d) Anu
10. 10.Tenzin built a tower of blocks. His little brother knocked it down. Tenzin laughed and built it again.
    
    Who knocked it down? (a) his sister (b) his friend (c) his cat (d) his little brother
11. 11.Sara had five balloons. One balloon went pop! Now she had four balloons.
    
    Who had the balloons? (a) Zoya (b) Riya (c) Sara (d) Lata
12. 12.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) Zoya (b) Amma (c) the boat (d) Riya

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