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 7 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 mouse grew as big as a house., A cat chased a mouse., A baby bird hatched from an egg., A rabbit baked a cake for the queen., Rain fell all morning., A pig flew over the house.

Could really happenMake-believe

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

Sort: A cat drove a bus., A girl rode her bike to school., The moon ate a sandwich., The bus was late., A dog read the newspaper aloud., Snow covered the garden.

Could really happenMake-believe

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

Sort: The trees walked to town., A fish climbed a ladder., Grandpa read me a story., Dad baked some bread., The sun told a joke., A boy lost his tooth.

Could really happenMake-believe

LessonPrint · RL.1.5 · Set 7 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — Could It Really Happen?

Set 7. 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 mouse grew as big as a house. — Make-believe 4. A pig flew over the house. — Make-believe 5. A rabbit baked a cake for the queen. — Make-believe 6. Rain fell all morning. — Could really happen
2.1. A cat drove a bus. — Make-believe 2. A dog read the newspaper aloud. — Make-believe 3. A girl rode her bike to school. — Could really happen 4. Snow covered the garden. — Could really happen 5. The bus was late. — Could really happen 6. The moon ate a sandwich. — Make-believe
3.1. A boy lost his tooth. — Could really happen 2. A fish climbed a ladder. — Make-believe 3. Dad baked some bread. — Could really happen 4. Grandpa read me a story. — Could really happen 5. The sun told a joke. — Make-believe 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.