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Short Stories for Class 1 with Questions

Reading comprehension lesson 2: Tiny stories · Set 984 · 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.A puppy was hungry. Kiran gave it some milk. The puppy wagged its tail.

    Who was hungry?     (a) a puppy (b) Kiran (c) a cow (d) a kitten
  2. 2.Divya’s tooth was loose. She bit an apple. Out came the tooth!

    What came out?     (a) the seed (b) the apple (c) the worm (d) the tooth
  3. 3.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) True (b) False
  4. 4.Meera had one red crayon. Her friend had no crayon. Meera shared her crayon with her.

    What colour was the crayon?     (a) yellow (b) green (c) blue (d) red
  5. 5.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
  6. 6.Sara had five balloons. One balloon went pop! Now she had four balloons.

    How many balloons went pop?     (a) two (b) five (c) one (d) three
  7. 7.The bell rang. All the children ran out to play. Rohan stayed to help the teacher.

    Who stayed?     (a) all the children (b) the bell (c) Anu (d) Rohan
  8. 8.Aman planted a seed in a pot. He gave it water every day. Soon a small green plant came up.

    What did he give it every day?     (a) food (b) milk (c) sugar (d) water
  9. 9.The bell rang. All the children ran out to play. Rohan stayed to help the teacher.

    What happened first?     (a) children ran out (b) the bell rang (c) the teacher left (d) Rohan stayed
  10. 10.It was hot. Lata and Sam went to the shop. They got two cold orange ice lollies.

    How was the day?     (a) cold (b) hot (c) windy (d) rainy
  11. 11.Arjun could not find his cat. He called, “Moti, Moti!” The cat jumped out of a box.

    What could Arjun not find?     (a) his cat (b) his dog (c) his box (d) his ball
  12. 12.Bela made a card for Amma. She drew a sun and three flowers. Amma put the card on the wall.

    Who made the card?     (a) Appa (b) Divya (c) Bela (d) Amma

Answer key

  1. a puppy
  2. the tooth
  3. False
  4. red
  5. True
  6. one
  7. Rohan
  8. water
  9. the bell rang
  10. hot
  11. his cat
  12. Bela

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