Short Stories for Class 1 with Questions

Reading comprehension lesson 2: Tiny stories · Set 924 · 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.Riya lost her pencil. She looked under the bed. The pencil was in her bag!
   
   In “She looked under the bed”, who is “She”? (a) Amma (b) Riya (c) the pencil (d) the teacher
2. 2.Meera had one red crayon. Her friend had no crayon. Meera shared her crayon with her.
   
   True or false: Meera shared her crayon. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.Anu went to the zoo with Appa. She saw a tall giraffe. It ate leaves from a tree.
   
   Where did Anu go? (a) to school (b) to the zoo (c) to the market (d) to the park
4. 4.Arjun could not find his cat. He called, “Moti, Moti!” The cat jumped out of a box.
   
   What could Arjun not find? (a) his dog (b) his ball (c) his cat (d) his box
5. 5.Kabir saw an old lady with a heavy bag. He carried the bag for her. She gave him a big smile.
   
   What did Kabir carry? (a) the lady (b) a basket (c) a box (d) the bag
6. 6.Tenzin built a tower of blocks. His little brother knocked it down. Tenzin laughed and built it again.
   
   What did Tenzin build? (a) a sand castle (b) a tower of blocks (c) a paper boat (d) a house of cards
7. 7.Divya’s tooth was loose. She bit an apple. Out came the tooth!
   
   Whose tooth was loose? (a) Rohan’s (b) Amma’s (c) Anu’s (d) Divya’s
8. 8.Tenzin built a tower of blocks. His little brother knocked it down. Tenzin laughed and built it again.
   
   Who knocked it down? (a) his sister (b) his little brother (c) his cat (d) his friend
9. 9.Divya’s tooth was loose. She bit an apple. Out came the tooth!
   
   In “She bit an apple”, who is “She”? (a) Amma (b) the dentist (c) Anu (d) Divya
10. 10.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
11. 11.Tenzin built a tower of blocks. His little brother knocked it down. Tenzin laughed and built it again.
    
    True or false: Tenzin got angry and cried. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.Tenzin built a tower of blocks. His little brother knocked it down. Tenzin laughed and built it again.
    
    What did Tenzin do then? (a) cried and ran away (b) went to sleep (c) shouted at him (d) laughed and built again

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