Story Reading: The Cap-seller and the Monkeys - Class 1 English Worksheet
Read the story of the cap-seller and the monkeys, put it in order and practise first sounds, rhymes and word parts.
Learning Objective
Answer simple questions about a story, put events in order, notice first sounds, find -at rhyming words and clap the parts of a word.
Skills Practised
- Story questions
- Story order
- First sounds
- Rhyming words
- Syllables
- Opposites
The Cap-seller and the Monkeys
A man sold caps. He carried them in a basket on his head. He was a cap-seller. One day he fell asleep under a tree. Some monkeys were sitting on the tree. They came down and took all his caps. When the cap-seller woke up, his basket was empty! He looked around, and then he looked up. The monkeys were wearing his caps. He shook his fists at the monkeys. The monkeys shook their fists too. He scratched his head. The monkeys scratched their heads too. Then he had an idea. He took off his own cap and threw it into the basket. The monkeys did the same! The cap-seller picked up all his caps and went away happily.
Preview Questions
Q1. In the story, the man sold caps outside the stadium. What did he sell?
- balls
- jerseys
- caps
- boots
Q2. Where did the cap-seller carry his caps?
- In a box
- In a kit bag
- In a basket
- In a van
Q3. One day the cap-seller was tired. Where did he sleep?
- Under a tree
- On a bench
- In the stadium
- In a van
Interactive Story Mission
Join Coach and Pariskhit for a 10-minute football training story. Children work through 12 activities with big buttons, kind feedback, hints when they get stuck, and a badge and stars at the end.
- Story in Order: Put the story in order.
- Find the Basket: The cap-seller carried the caps in this. Tap the basket.
- Where Are the Monkeys: Look at the picture. Pick the missing word.
- What the Monkeys Did: Read the sentence. Pick the missing word.
- Scratch the Head: Think about what the monkeys did.
- Throw the Cap: Read the sentence. Pick the missing word.
- c or m: Tap a card. Then tap the sound it starts with.
- Odd One Out: Three pictures start with b. Tap the picture that starts with a different sound.
- Clap the Word: We clap once for each part of a word. Foot-ball has two parts, so two claps.
- Make the -at Word: Drag the first letter into the goal to make a word.
- Catch Me If You Can: Read these lines from the story. Then pick the missing word.
- Finish the Song: This is the song “Butterflies”. Finish the song.
Note for Parents & Teachers
This follows the NCERT Class 1 English lesson The Cap-seller and the Monkeys (Mridang): the story, the song Butterflies, the story Catch me if you can and the clapping of two-part words such as mon-key and bas-ket. Read the story aloud first and ask your child to tell it back in their own words.