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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 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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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.

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. Who took Omar to the market?
  2. 2. What was Omar's job?
  3. 3. How many times did Omar count the change?
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. Where did she find it?
  2. 2. What did the boy have in his hand?
  3. 3. What did Maya find?

LessonPrint · RF.1.4 · Set 19 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — Read a Story and Answer

Set 19. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Grandpa. 2. To pick the apples. 3. Twice.
  2. 2.1. On the wall by the bus stop. 2. The other green glove. 3. One green glove.

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.