Class 1 Reading Passage: Picture Story on Balloon
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Class 1 Reading Passage: Picture Story on Balloon
Class 1EnglishFree DownloadPDF
Kajal MishraVisit Profile
I am an enthusiastic and dedicated English educator at PlanetSpark. I am passionate about helping students develop strong communication and public speaking skills while building their confidence and creativity. My teaching approach focuses on making learning fun, interactive, and meaningful so that every student feels inspired to express themselves effectively in English.
The Flying Balloon: Reading Comprehension for Class 1
This Grade 1 worksheet, “The Flying Balloon,” tells a delightful story about Rohan, a little boy who learns an important life lesson through a colorful balloon. It helps children strengthen reading comprehension, sequencing, and emotional understanding through a relatable story.
The topic “Picture Story: Balloon” encourages young readers to visualize events, connect with characters, and build vocabulary through everyday experiences. Activities include multiple-choice and short-answer questions that test recall, reasoning, and moral learning.
Why Picture Stories Matter in Grammar?
Picture stories teach children how to observe, imagine, and express emotions through words. For Grade 1 learners, this worksheet helps to:
1. Understand story structure (beginning, middle, and end).
2. Build empathy and interpret emotional changes in characters.
3. Develop comprehension and storytelling confidence.
4. Learn moral lessons like patience and optimism.
What’s Inside This Worksheet?
🧠 Exercise 1 – Choose the Correct Answer
Students answer questions about where Rohan went, what happened to his balloon, and how he felt in the end.
✏️ Exercise 2 – Think and Write
Students describe what lesson they learned from the story and what made Rohan happy again.
✅Answer Key (For Parents & Educators)
Exercise 1 – Multiple Choice Answers
1. b) Park
2. c) Red
3. d) It flew away
4. a) Bought a new balloon
5. d) Blue
6. b) Happy
Exercise 2 – Short Answers
7. Rohan went with his father.
8. His father bought him a blue balloon.
9. The red balloon flew away in the wind.
10. We should stay happy and not give up easily.
Teach your child joy, patience, and gratitude through this heartwarming balloon story.
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Frequently Asked Questions
They help children connect images with words to understand story sequence better.
Pictures support imagination, vocabulary, and memory in English comprehension.
They develop story retelling and descriptive sentence-building abilities.
