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

One paper per student

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25

Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. All 25 sets ask different questions.

Could It Really Happen?

RL.1.5

NameDate

Sort each one into the right column.

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

Sort: The bus was late., A girl rode her bike to school., A cat chased a mouse., A dog read the newspaper aloud., A cat drove a bus., The trees walked to town.

Could really happenMake-believe

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

Sort: We planted beans., A snowman talked to me., A rabbit baked a cake for the queen., Grandpa read me a story., Snow covered the garden., The sun told a joke.

Could really happenMake-believe

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

Sort: The moon ate a sandwich., Dad baked some bread., Rain fell all morning., A pig flew over the house., A dog barked at a cat., My shoes ran away by themselves.

Could really happenMake-believe

LessonPrint · RL.1.5 · Set 16 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — Could It Really Happen?

Set 16. Prints on its own sheet.

1.1. A cat chased a mouse. — Could really happen 2. A cat drove a bus. — Make-believe 3. A dog read the newspaper aloud. — Make-believe 4. A girl rode her bike to school. — Could really happen 5. The bus was late. — Could really happen 6. The trees walked to town. — Make-believe
2.1. A rabbit baked a cake for the queen. — Make-believe 2. A snowman talked to me. — Make-believe 3. Grandpa read me a story. — Could really happen 4. Snow covered the garden. — Could really happen 5. The sun told a joke. — Make-believe 6. We planted beans. — Could really happen
3.1. A dog barked at a cat. — Could really happen 2. A pig flew over the house. — Make-believe 3. Dad baked some bread. — Could really happen 4. My shoes ran away by themselves. — Make-believe 5. Rain fell all morning. — Could really happen 6. The moon ate a sandwich. — Make-believe

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