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Read a Story and Answer is a free printable Grade 1 English worksheet on reading a Grade 1 story accurately enough to follow it, aligned to Common Core standard RF.1.4. 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 students 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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Read a Story and Answer

RF.1.4

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Read the text, then answer the questions.

1.Read the text, then answer the questions.

Too Loud

The school band practiced in the gym 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. What instrument did Sam play?
  2. 2. What did Mrs. Otu ask Sam to do?
  3. 3. When did the band practice?
2.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 can of paint. By dinnertime 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 color was it by dinnertime?
  2. 2. What color was the door at the start?
  3. 3. What was the woman's name?

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Answer key — Read a Story and Answer

Set 11. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. The drum. 2. Play more softly. 3. Every Thursday.
  2. 2.1. Bright yellow. 2. Blue. 3. Nita.

More practice for RF.1.4

Read a passage accurately enough, and smoothly enough, to follow the meaning.

Teaching this next? Reading Smoothly Enough to Understand is the 40-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to RF.1.4 of the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts.