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 18 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., My shoes ran away by themselves., We planted beans., A frog jumped into the pond., A girl rode her bike to school., A fish climbed a ladder.

Could really happenMake-believe

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

Sort: A cat drove a bus., Rain fell all morning., A baby bird hatched from an egg., Grandpa read me a story., The moon ate a sandwich., A pig flew over the house.

Could really happenMake-believe

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

Sort: Dad baked some bread., A teapot sang a song., A dog barked at a cat., The trees walked to town., A snowman talked to me., The bus was late.

Could really happenMake-believe

LessonPrint · RL.1.5 · Set 18 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — Could It Really Happen?

Set 18. Prints on its own sheet.

1.1. A dog read the newspaper aloud. — Make-believe 2. A fish climbed a ladder. — Make-believe 3. A frog jumped into the pond. — Could really happen 4. A girl rode her bike to school. — Could really happen 5. My shoes ran away by themselves. — Make-believe 6. We planted beans. — Could really happen
2.1. A baby bird hatched from an egg. — Could really happen 2. A cat drove a bus. — Make-believe 3. A pig flew over the house. — Make-believe 4. Grandpa read me a story. — Could really happen 5. Rain fell all morning. — Could really happen 6. The moon ate a sandwich. — Make-believe
3.1. A dog barked at a cat. — Could really happen 2. A snowman talked to me. — Make-believe 3. A teapot sang a song. — Make-believe 4. Dad baked some bread. — Could really happen 5. The bus was late. — Could really happen 6. The trees walked to town. — Make-believe

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