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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.

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. Who knocked the jar off the sill?
  2. 2. What did Ivy collect in her jar?
  3. 3. How many shells did they not find?
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. What did the boy have in his hand?
  2. 2. Where did she find it?
  3. 3. What did Maya find?

LessonPrint · RF.1.4 · Set 21 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — Read a Story and Answer

Set 21. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Her little brother, Ben. 2. Shells from the beach. 3. One.
  2. 2.1. The other green glove. 2. On the wall by the bus stop. 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.