Short Stories for Class 1 with Questions

Reading comprehension lesson 2: Tiny stories · Set 922 · 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.
   
   Who stayed? (a) the bell (b) Anu (c) all the children (d) Rohan
2. 2.Zoya made a paper boat. She put it in the rain water. The boat sailed away.
   
   What did the boat do? (a) sailed away (b) tore (c) flew up (d) sank
3. 3.Divya’s tooth was loose. She bit an apple. Out came the tooth!
   
   What came out? (a) the seed (b) the tooth (c) the worm (d) the apple
4. 4.Dev fell and hurt his knee. His sister put a bandage on it. Dev said, “Thank you!”
   
   Why did Dev hurt his knee? (a) he ran (b) he fell (c) he cried (d) he slept
5. 5.Riya lost her pencil. She looked under the bed. The pencil was in her bag!
   
   Where did Riya look? (a) in the garden (b) in the kitchen (c) on the roof (d) under the bed
6. 6.Neel saw a big black cloud. He ran home fast. Then it began to rain.
   
   Which word is the opposite of “fast”? (a) home (b) black (c) big (d) slow
7. 7.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) only Lata (c) Lata and Sam (d) Sam and Ravi
8. 8.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 park (b) to the market (c) to school (d) to the zoo
9. 9.Riya lost her pencil. She looked under the bed. The pencil was in her bag!
   
   What did Riya lose? (a) her bag (b) her shoe (c) her pencil (d) her book
10. 10.Sara had five balloons. One balloon went pop! Now she had four balloons.
    
    How many balloons went pop? (a) two (b) five (c) three (d) one
11. 11.A puppy was hungry. Kiran gave it some milk. The puppy wagged its tail.
    
    Who gave the puppy milk? (a) the puppy (b) Amma (c) Riya (d) Kiran
12. 12.Neel saw a big black cloud. He ran home fast. Then it began to rain.
    
    What did Neel see? (a) a big red ball (b) a big black cloud (c) a white bird (d) a rainbow

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