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Listen to a Story and Answer is a free printable Grade 1 English worksheet on answering key-detail questions about a story read aloud, aligned to Common Core standard SL.1.2. It prints 2 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask 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.

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Listen to a Story and Answer

SL.1.2

NameDate

Read the story, then answer the questions.

1.Read the text, then answer the questions.

One Glove

Maya found one green glove on the wall by the bus stop. It was small, so it belonged to a child. She could not just leave it. She pinned a note to the wall: FOUND — ONE GREEN GLOVE. ASK AT NUMBER 12. For three days nobody came. On the fourth day a boy knocked. He had the other green glove in his hand.

  1. 1. What did Maya find?
  2. 2. Where did she find it?
  3. 3. Retell the story in your own words.
2.Read the text, then answer the questions.

Too Loud

The school band practised in the hall every Thursday. Sam played the drum. He liked it best when he could hit it hard. "Softer," said Mrs Otu. "The flutes cannot be heard." Sam did not want to play softly. But he tried it. This time he could hear the flutes too, winding above the drum like a bird. It sounded better than anything he had played before.

  1. 1. Retell the story in your own words.
  2. 2. When did the band practise?
  3. 3. What instrument did Sam play?

LessonPrint · SL.1.2 · Set 12 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — Listen to a Story and Answer

Set 12. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. One green glove. 2. On the wall by the bus stop. 3. Maya found a green glove, put up a note, and after three days the boy with the other glove came for it.
  2. 2.1. Sam liked hitting his drum hard, his teacher asked him to play softly, and it sounded better when he did. 2. Every Thursday. 3. The drum.

More practice for SL.1.2

Answer questions about something read aloud to you.

Teaching this next? Asking About What You Heard is the 40-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to SL.1.2 of the Common Core State Standards for English language arts.