Ask and Answer About a Story is a free printable Grade 1 English worksheet on answering questions about the key details of a story, aligned to Common Core standard RL.1.1. It prints 2 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two pupils in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.
Set 1 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
Every summer, Ivy filled a jar with shells from the beach. The jar sat on her windowsill all winter.
One day her little brother knocked the jar off the sill. It did not break, but the shells rolled everywhere. Ivy felt hot and cross. Then she saw that Ben was crying.
"It was an accident," she said. "Help me find them." They crawled under the bed together. They found every shell but one.
1. What happened after the shells rolled everywhere?
2. How many shells did they not find?
3. Who knocked the jar off the sill?
4. What did Ivy collect in her jar?
2.Read the text, then answer the questions.
The Blue Door
At the end of the lane stood a house with a blue door. Nobody had lived there for years. The grass grew as high as Tomas.
One Saturday a van pulled up. A woman got out with a ladder and a tin of paint. By teatime the blue door was bright yellow.
Tomas waved. The woman waved back. "I'm Nita," she called. "Come and see the garden when I've cut it."
1. What was the woman's name?
2. What happened after the van pulled up?
3. What colour was the door at the start?
4. What colour was it by teatime?
LessonPrint · RL.1.1 · Set 1 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Ask and Answer About a Story
Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Ivy felt cross, then she saw Ben crying and asked him to help her find them. 2. One. 3. Her little brother, Ben. 4. Shells from the beach.
2.1. Nita. 2. A woman got out with a ladder and paint and painted the door yellow. 3. Blue. 4. Bright yellow.
Questions about Ask and Answer About a Story
What does the Ask and Answer About a Story worksheet cover?
It practises answering questions about the key details of a story — 2 questions for Grade 1, all on Common Core RL.1.1: Ask and answer questions about the important parts of a story. The instruction to pupils is “Read the story, then answer the questions”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.
Which Common Core standard does Ask and Answer About a Story practise?
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.1 — RL.1.1, in the Reading: Literature domain for Grade 1. The published standard reads: “Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.” The worksheet assesses that standard rather than a paraphrase of it.
What age or grade is this worksheet for?
Ask and Answer About a Story is written for Grade 1, typically ages 6-7. It is one of the sheets on RL.1.1, so it suits any pupil working at that standard — including older pupils revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.
Does Ask and Answer About a Story come with an answer key?
Yes. All 2 answers are generated from the same problems as the questions, so the key cannot drift out of step with the sheet. It starts on a fresh sheet of paper, after the questions, so it is not handed out with the class by accident.
How many different versions of Ask and Answer About a Story can I print?
25 — one per pupil, and all 25 ask different questions. Set 1 downloads the whole class as a single PDF. Every version is fixed to its own address, so a sheet printed today holds the same problems when you reopen it next week.
Is Ask and Answer About a Story free to print and photocopy?
Yes. Ask and Answer About a Story, its answer key and its 25 versions are free to print and photocopy for your own class, with no account, no email capture and no subscription at the download step. Please do not resell them or republish them as your own.
Is there a lesson plan to teach RL.1.1?
Yes — “Answering with the Key Details” is a 40-minute Grade 1 plan for RL.1.1, timed section by section, with the misconceptions to expect and an exit ticket. Ask and Answer About a Story is the practice that follows it.
More practice for RL.1.1
Ask and answer questions about the important parts of a story.