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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.

The Blue Door

At the end of the lane stood a house with a blue door. Nobody had lived there for years. The grass grew as high as Tomas. One Saturday a van pulled up. A woman got out with a ladder and a tin of paint. By teatime the blue door was bright yellow. Tomas waved. The woman waved back. "I'm Nita," she called. "Come and see the garden when I've cut it."

  1. 1. What colour was it by teatime?
  2. 2. Retell the story in your own words.
  3. 3. What was the woman's name?
2.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. Retell the story in your own words.
  2. 2. What did Maya find?
  3. 3. Where did she find it?

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Answer key — Listen to a Story and Answer

Set 25. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Bright yellow. 2. An empty house at the end of the lane got a new owner, Nita, who painted the blue door yellow and waved to Tomas. 3. Nita.
  2. 2.1. Maya found a green glove, put up a note, and after three days the boy with the other glove came for it. 2. One green glove. 3. On the wall by the bus stop.

More practice for SL.1.2

Answer questions about something read aloud to you.

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