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Reading comprehension lesson 2: Tiny stories · Set 991 · 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.Neel saw a big black cloud. He ran home fast. Then it began to rain.

    What happened after he ran home?
    (a) he fell asleep (b) it got sunny (c) he went to school (d) it began to rain
  2. 2.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
  3. 3.Vikram’s kite got stuck in a tree. His sister got a long stick. Together they pulled the kite down.

    What did his sister get?
    (a) a chair (b) a rope (c) a long stick (d) a ladder
  4. 4.A puppy was hungry. Kiran gave it some milk. The puppy wagged its tail.

    What did the puppy wag?
    (a) its head (b) its ears (c) its paw (d) its tail
  5. 5.Riya lost her pencil. She looked under the bed. The pencil was in her bag!

    What did Riya lose?
    (a) her bag (b) her book (c) her shoe (d) her pencil
  6. 6.Aman planted a seed in a pot. He gave it water every day. Soon a small green plant came up.

    Where did he plant it?
    (a) in a cup (b) in a pot (c) in a box (d) in the sand
  7. 7.Divya’s tooth was loose. She bit an apple. Out came the tooth!

    What did she bite?
    (a) a mango (b) a chapati (c) an apple (d) a carrot
  8. 8.Divya’s tooth was loose. She bit an apple. Out came the tooth!

    In “She bit an apple”, who is “She”?
    (a) Divya (b) Amma (c) Anu (d) the dentist
  9. 9.Divya’s tooth was loose. She bit an apple. Out came the tooth!

    What came out?
    (a) the worm (b) the seed (c) the tooth (d) the apple
  10. 10.Riya lost her pencil. She looked under the bed. The pencil was in her bag!

    Where did Riya look?
    (a) in the kitchen (b) on the roof (c) under the bed (d) in the garden
  11. 11.Bela made a card for Amma. She drew a sun and three flowers. Amma put the card on the wall.

    Who was the card for?
    (a) Grandpa (b) Bela (c) Amma (d) the teacher
  12. 12.Meera had one red crayon. Her friend had no crayon. Meera shared her crayon with her.

    Who had no crayon?
    (a) Meera’s mother (b) Meera (c) the teacher (d) Meera’s friend

Answer key

  1. it began to rain
  2. red
  3. a long stick
  4. its tail
  5. her pencil
  6. in a pot
  7. an apple
  8. Divya
  9. the tooth
  10. under the bed
  11. Amma
  12. Meera’s friend

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