Short Stories for Class 1 with Questions

Reading comprehension lesson 2: Tiny stories · Set 870 · 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.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
2. 2.Bela made a card for Amma. She drew a sun and three flowers. Amma put the card on the wall.
   
   Who was the card for? (a) the teacher (b) Grandpa (c) Amma (d) Bela
3. 3.Zoya made a paper boat. She put it in the rain water. The boat sailed away.
   
   What did Zoya make? (a) a paper plane (b) a kite (c) a paper hat (d) a paper boat
4. 4.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 tower of blocks (c) a paper boat (d) a sand castle
5. 5.Vikram’s kite got stuck in a tree. His sister got a long stick. Together they pulled the kite down.
   
   Who pulled the kite down? (a) only his sister (b) Vikram and his sister (c) Appa (d) only Vikram
6. 6.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 moon (c) a tree (d) a house
7. 7.Arjun could not find his cat. He called, “Moti, Moti!” The cat jumped out of a box.
   
   True or false: The cat jumped out of a bag. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.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) in the rain water (c) in the sea (d) on the table
9. 9.Riya lost her pencil. She looked under the bed. The pencil was in her bag!
   
   Where did Riya look? (a) in the kitchen (b) in the garden (c) on the roof (d) under the bed
10. 10.It was hot. Lata and Sam went to the shop. They got two cold orange ice lollies.
    
    In “They got two cold orange ice lollies”, who are “They”? (a) Amma and Appa (b) the shopkeepers (c) the lollies (d) Lata and Sam
11. 11.Dev fell and hurt his knee. His sister put a bandage on it. Dev said, “Thank you!”
    
    What did his sister put on his knee? (a) a cap (b) a sock (c) a bandage (d) some cream
12. 12.Vikram’s kite got stuck in a tree. His sister got a long stick. Together they pulled the kite down.
    
    What did his sister get? (a) a long stick (b) a rope (c) a chair (d) a ladder

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