Short Stories for Class 1 with Questions

Reading comprehension lesson 2: Tiny stories · Set 997 · 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.A puppy was hungry. Kiran gave it some milk. The puppy wagged its tail.
   
   Who gave the puppy milk? (a) Amma (b) Kiran (c) the puppy (d) Riya
2. 2.Meera had one red crayon. Her friend had no crayon. Meera shared her crayon with her.
   
   What did Meera do? (a) lost her crayon (b) shared her crayon (c) hid her crayon (d) broke her crayon
3. 3.Sara had five balloons. One balloon went pop! Now she had four balloons.
   
   What went pop? (a) a tyre (b) a bubble (c) a balloon (d) a ball
4. 4.Kabir saw an old lady with a heavy bag. He carried the bag for her. She gave him a big smile.
   
   What did the lady give Kabir? (a) a book (b) a sweet (c) a big smile (d) some money
5. 5.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 pot (b) in a box (c) in a cup (d) in the sand
6. 6.Zoya made a paper boat. She put it in the rain water. The boat sailed away.
   
   In “She put it in the rain water”, who is “She”? (a) the boat (b) Zoya (c) Amma (d) Riya
7. 7.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) one (b) two (c) four (d) three
8. 8.Dev fell and hurt his knee. His sister put a bandage on it. Dev said, “Thank you!”
   
   What did his sister put on his knee? (a) a cap (b) some cream (c) a bandage (d) a sock
9. 9.Neel saw a big black cloud. He ran home fast. Then it began to rain.
   
   Where did Neel run? (a) to the park (b) to school (c) to the shop (d) home
10. 10.Sara had five balloons. One balloon went pop! Now she had four balloons.
    
    How many balloons did she have at the end? (a) one (b) four (c) three (d) five
11. 11.Bela made a card for Amma. She drew a sun and three flowers. Amma put the card on the wall.
    
    Where did Amma put the card? (a) on the table (b) in a box (c) on the wall (d) in her bag
12. 12.Divya’s tooth was loose. She bit an apple. Out came the tooth!
    
    Whose tooth was loose? (a) Anu’s (b) Divya’s (c) Rohan’s (d) Amma’s

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