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: A cat chased a mouse., A pig flew over the house., Dad baked some bread., A rabbit baked a cake for the queen., A baby bird hatched from an egg., A cat drove a bus.

Could really happenMake-believe

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

Sort: The moon ate a sandwich., A frog jumped into the pond., The sun told a joke., We planted beans., The trees walked to town., Snow covered the garden.

Could really happenMake-believe

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

Sort: A dog read the newspaper aloud., The bus was late., A girl rode her bike to school., A fish climbed a ladder., A snowman talked to me., Rain fell all morning.

Could really happenMake-believe

LessonPrint · RL.1.5 · Set 14 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — Could It Really Happen?

Set 14. Prints on its own sheet.

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

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