Could It Really Happen? is a free printable Grade 1 English worksheet on telling an event that could really happen from a make-believe one, aligned to Common Core standard RL.1.5. It prints 3 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two students 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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Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. All 25 sets ask different questions.

Could It Really Happen?

RL.1.5

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Sort each one into the right column.

1.Sort each one: Could really happen or Make-believe?

Sort: Snow covered the garden., A boy lost his tooth., A dog read the newspaper aloud., The trees walked to town., A baby bird hatched from an egg., A snowman talked to me.

Could really happenMake-believe

2.Sort each one: Could really happen or Make-believe?

Sort: A pig flew over the house., A girl rode her bike to school., Rain fell all morning., A rabbit baked a cake for the queen., Dad baked some bread., A fish climbed a ladder.

Could really happenMake-believe

3.Sort each one: Could really happen or Make-believe?

Sort: My shoes ran away by themselves., The moon ate a sandwich., A cat chased a mouse., A cat drove a bus., The bus was late., We planted beans.

Could really happenMake-believe

LessonPrint · RL.1.5 · Set 11 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — Could It Really Happen?

Set 11. Prints on its own sheet.

1.1. A baby bird hatched from an egg. — Could really happen 2. A boy lost his tooth. — Could really happen 3. A dog read the newspaper aloud. — Make-believe 4. A snowman talked to me. — Make-believe 5. Snow covered the garden. — Could really happen 6. The trees walked to town. — Make-believe
2.1. A fish climbed a ladder. — Make-believe 2. A girl rode her bike to school. — Could really happen 3. A pig flew over the house. — Make-believe 4. A rabbit baked a cake for the queen. — Make-believe 5. Dad baked some bread. — Could really happen 6. Rain fell all morning. — Could really happen
3.1. A cat chased a mouse. — Could really happen 2. A cat drove a bus. — Make-believe 3. My shoes ran away by themselves. — Make-believe 4. The bus was late. — Could really happen 5. The moon ate a sandwich. — Make-believe 6. We planted beans. — Could really happen

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to RL.1.5 of the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts.