Smart Shopping Talk: Reading Comprehension for Class 1 

This Grade 1 worksheet, “Smart Shopping Talk,” introduces children to polite conversational English through a friendly exchange between Ravi and a shopkeeper. It’s designed to improve reading fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension using real-life dialogue. Students practice identifying who said what, recalling details, and answering factual and reasoning questions. 
The topic “Dialogue with Shopkeeper” helps early learners understand everyday communication, manners, and sequencing of conversation. Activities include multiple-choice questions (MCQs) and short-answer exercises that check factual recall and encourage thinking about polite behavior in social situations. 

Why Dialogue Reading Matters in Grammar?

 Dialogue reading builds listening and speaking awareness along with reading comprehension. For Grade 1 learners, this worksheet helps to: 
1. Recognize everyday conversational language and structure. 
2. Improve question-answer comprehension skills. 
3. Learn polite expressions like “Good morning” and “Thank you.” 
4. Build confidence to use English in real-life interactions. 

What’s Inside This Worksheet?

 🧠 Exercise 1 – Choose the Correct Answer 
Students identify the correct responses based on the story, such as who visited the shop and what items were bought. 

✏️ Exercise 2 – Recall and Reason 
Students answer short questions about the conversation, explaining actions or responses in simple sentences. 

✅ Answer Key (For Parents & Educators)

 Exercise 1 – Multiple Choice Answers 
1. b) Ravi 
2. c) A pencil and eraser 
3. a) Ten rupees 
4. b) Ravi 
5. c) Have a nice day 
6. a) Goodbye 

Exercise 2 – Short Answers 
7. Ravi bought a pencil and an eraser. 
8. Ravi said thank you because he got what he wanted. 
9. The shopkeeper talked to Ravi. 
10. I say “Goodbye” or “Thank you” when I leave a shop. 

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