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Short Stories for Class 1 with Questions

Reading comprehension lesson 2: Tiny stories · Set 904 · 12 questions
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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.

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  1. 1.Faizan helped his father wash the car. They used a bucket and a cloth. The car was clean and shiny.

    Who helped his father?     (a) Mohan (b) Neel (c) Faizan (d) Arjun
  2. 2.Divya’s tooth was loose. She bit an apple. Out came the tooth!

    What did she bite?     (a) a mango (b) a chapati (c) a carrot (d) an apple
  3. 3.Dev fell and hurt his knee. His sister put a bandage on it. Dev said, “Thank you!”

    What did Dev say?     (a) “Sorry!” (b) “Go away!” (c) “Thank you!” (d) “Hello!”
  4. 4.Bela made a card for Amma. She drew a sun and three flowers. Amma put the card on the wall.

    How many flowers did Bela draw?     (a) four (b) one (c) two (d) three
  5. 5.It was hot. Lata and Sam went to the shop. They got two cold orange ice lollies.

    How was the day?     (a) cold (b) windy (c) rainy (d) hot
  6. 6.Anu went to the zoo with Appa. She saw a tall giraffe. It ate leaves from a tree.

    Where did Anu go?     (a) to the market (b) to school (c) to the park (d) to the zoo
  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) Vikram’s ball (b) Vikram’s kite (c) a bird (d) his sister
  8. 8.Pooja woke up early. She saw the sun come up. The sky was orange and pink.

    What colours was the sky?     (a) orange and pink (b) black and white (c) blue and green (d) red and grey
  9. 9.Meera had one red crayon. Her friend had no crayon. Meera shared her crayon with her.

    What colour was the crayon?     (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow (d) green
  10. 10.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) two (c) one (d) none
  11. 11.It was hot. Lata and Sam went to the shop. They got two cold orange ice lollies.

    How many ice lollies did they get?     (a) three (b) one (c) four (d) two
  12. 12.Grandma told Mohan a story. It was about a clever crow. Mohan fell asleep at the end.

    Who told the story?     (a) the teacher (b) Grandma (c) Mohan (d) Grandpa

Answer key

  1. Faizan
  2. an apple
  3. “Thank you!”
  4. three
  5. hot
  6. to the zoo
  7. Vikram’s kite
  8. orange and pink
  9. red
  10. one
  11. two
  12. Grandma

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