Short Stories for Class 1 with Questions

Reading comprehension lesson 2: Tiny stories · Set 877 · 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.The bell rang. All the children ran out to play. Rohan stayed to help the teacher.
   
   What rang? (a) the phone (b) the door (c) the bell (d) the alarm
2. 2.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) Sonu (c) Arjun (d) Moti
3. 3.Divya’s tooth was loose. She bit an apple. Out came the tooth!
   
   Whose tooth was loose? (a) Rohan’s (b) Amma’s (c) Divya’s (d) Anu’s
4. 4.It was hot. Lata and Sam went to the shop. They got two cold orange ice lollies.
   
   What flavour were the ice lollies? (a) lemon (b) grape (c) orange (d) mango
5. 5.Divya’s tooth was loose. She bit an apple. Out came the tooth!
   
   In “She bit an apple”, who is “She”? (a) Anu (b) Divya (c) Amma (d) the dentist
6. 6.Dev fell and hurt his knee. His sister put a bandage on it. Dev said, “Thank you!”
   
   What did Dev hurt? (a) his nose (b) his knee (c) his head (d) his hand
7. 7.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) the gardener (b) Amma (c) the plant (d) Aman
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) fell asleep (b) cried (c) sang a song (d) ran away
9. 9.Anu went to the zoo with Appa. She saw a tall giraffe. It ate leaves from a tree.
   
   What animal did she see? (a) an elephant (b) a lion (c) a giraffe (d) a monkey
10. 10.Anu went to the zoo with Appa. She saw a tall giraffe. It ate leaves from a tree.
    
    Which word is the opposite of “tall”? (a) big (b) short (c) long (d) thin
11. 11.A puppy was hungry. Kiran gave it some milk. The puppy wagged its tail.
    
    What did the puppy wag? (a) its tail (b) its head (c) its ears (d) its paw
12. 12.Zoya made a paper boat. She put it in the rain water. The boat sailed away.
    
    What did Zoya make? (a) a paper hat (b) a paper plane (c) a kite (d) a paper boat

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