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Describe the Characters is a free printable Grade 1 English worksheet on describing a character using details from the text, aligned to Common Core standard RL.1.3. It prints 2 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions, 22 of them with different questions, so no two pupils in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.

Set 19 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.

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Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. 22 of these 25 sets ask different questions — this skill does not have 25 questions to give. The rest reorder them, so no two pupils have the same paper in front of them.

Describe the Characters

RL.1.3

NameDate

Read the story, then answer the questions.

1.Read the text, then answer the questions.

Market Day

On Saturdays, Grandpa took Omar to the market. Omar carried the basket. Grandpa carried the money. Omar's job was to pick the apples. He learned to press each one gently with his thumb. A soft spot meant the apple would be brown inside. One week Grandpa let Omar carry the money instead. Omar counted the change twice. He got it right both times.

  1. 1. What does counting the change twice tell you about Omar?
2.Read the text, then answer the questions.

The Jar of Shells

Every summer, Ivy filled a jar with shells from the beach. The jar sat on her windowsill all winter. One day her little brother knocked the jar off the sill. It did not break, but the shells rolled everywhere. Ivy felt hot and cross. Then she saw that Ben was crying. "It was an accident," she said. "Help me find them." They crawled under the bed together. They found every shell but one.

  1. 1. What made Ivy change how she acted?
  2. 2. How did Ivy feel just after the jar fell?

LessonPrint · RL.1.3 · Set 19 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — Describe the Characters

Set 19. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. He is careful and wants to get it right.
  2. 2.1. She saw that Ben was crying. 2. Hot and cross.

More practice for RL.1.3

Describe who, where and what happened, using details from the story.

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to RL.1.3 of the Common Core State Standards for English language arts.