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.

Set 12 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.

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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: A dog read the newspaper aloud., Dad baked some bread., A dog barked at a cat., A cat chased a mouse., A pig flew over the house., A mouse grew as big as a house.

Could really happenMake-believe

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

Sort: A snowman talked to me., A baby bird hatched from an egg., The moon ate a sandwich., A fish climbed a ladder., A frog jumped into the pond., Rain fell all morning.

Could really happenMake-believe

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

Sort: A cat drove a bus., My shoes ran away by themselves., A boy lost his tooth., Snow covered the garden., The sun told a joke., We planted beans.

Could really happenMake-believe

LessonPrint · RL.1.5 · Set 12 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — Could It Really Happen?

Set 12. Prints on its own sheet.

1.1. A cat chased a mouse. — Could really happen 2. A dog barked at a cat. — Could really happen 3. A dog read the newspaper aloud. — Make-believe 4. A mouse grew as big as a house. — Make-believe 5. A pig flew over the house. — Make-believe 6. Dad baked some bread. — Could really happen
2.1. A baby bird hatched from an egg. — Could really happen 2. A fish climbed a ladder. — Make-believe 3. A frog jumped into the pond. — Could really happen 4. A snowman talked to me. — Make-believe 5. Rain fell all morning. — Could really happen 6. The moon ate a sandwich. — Make-believe
3.1. A boy lost his tooth. — Could really happen 2. A cat drove a bus. — Make-believe 3. My shoes ran away by themselves. — Make-believe 4. Snow covered the garden. — Could really happen 5. The sun told a joke. — 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.