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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.

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Ask and Answer About a Story

RL.1.1

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Read the story, then answer the questions.

1.Read the text, then answer the questions.

One Glove

Maya found one green glove on the wall by the bus stop. It was small, so it belonged to a child. She could not just leave it. She pinned a note to the wall: FOUND — ONE GREEN GLOVE. ASK AT NUMBER 12. For three days nobody came. On the fourth day a boy knocked. He had the other green glove in his hand.

  1. 1. What did Maya find?
  2. 2. How many days passed before the boy knocked?
  3. 3. What did the boy have in his hand?
  4. 4. Where did she find it?
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. 1. What happened after the van pulled up?
  2. 2. What colour was the door at the start?
  3. 3. What colour was it by teatime?
  4. 4. What was the woman's name?

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Answer key — Ask and Answer About a Story

Set 23. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. One green glove. 2. Three days; he came on the fourth day. 3. The other green glove. 4. On the wall by the bus stop.
  2. 2.1. A woman got out with a ladder and paint and painted the door yellow. 2. Blue. 3. Bright yellow. 4. Nita.

More practice for RL.1.1

Ask and answer questions about the important parts of a story.

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to RL.1.1 of the Common Core State Standards for English language arts.