Short Stories for Class 1 with Questions

Reading comprehension lesson 2: Tiny stories · Set 862 · 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) shouted at him (b) went to sleep (c) cried and ran away (d) laughed and built again
2. 2.Dev fell and hurt his knee. His sister put a bandage on it. Dev said, “Thank you!”
   
   What did Dev hurt? (a) his head (b) his hand (c) his nose (d) his knee
3. 3.It was hot. Lata and Sam went to the shop. They got two cold orange ice lollies.
   
   Who went to the shop? (a) Lata and Amma (b) Sam and Ravi (c) Lata and Sam (d) only Lata
4. 4.Sara had five balloons. One balloon went pop! Now she had four balloons.
   
   How many balloons went pop? (a) two (b) one (c) three (d) five
5. 5.Meera had one red crayon. Her friend had no crayon. Meera shared her crayon with her.
   
   What colour was the crayon? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) green (d) red
6. 6.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) broke her crayon (c) shared her crayon (d) lost her crayon
7. 7.Aman planted a seed in a pot. He gave it water every day. Soon a small green plant came up.
   
   Where did he plant it? (a) in a pot (b) in a box (c) in the sand (d) in a cup
8. 8.Riya lost her pencil. She looked under the bed. The pencil was in her bag!
   
   Where did Riya look? (a) in the kitchen (b) under the bed (c) in the garden (d) on the roof
9. 9.The bell rang. All the children ran out to play. Rohan stayed to help the teacher.
   
   Who stayed? (a) the bell (b) Anu (c) all the children (d) Rohan
10. 10.Bela made a card for Amma. She drew a sun and three flowers. Amma put the card on the wall.
    
    What did Bela draw with the flowers? (a) a sun (b) a tree (c) a moon (d) a house
11. 11.Zoya made a paper boat. She put it in the rain water. The boat sailed away.
    
    What did the boat do? (a) flew up (b) tore (c) sailed away (d) sank
12. 12.Divya’s tooth was loose. She bit an apple. Out came the tooth!
    
    What did she bite? (a) a mango (b) an apple (c) a carrot (d) a chapati

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