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Reading a Grade 1 Story is a free printable Grade 1 English worksheet on reading a whole Grade 1 story and answering across it, aligned to Common Core standard RL.1.10. 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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Reading a Grade 1 Story

RL.1.10

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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 the door at the start?
  2. 2. What does this story show about a new neighbour?
  3. 3. What do we learn about Nita from what she does?
  4. 4. What colour was it by teatime?
2.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. What lesson does this story teach?
  2. 2. What did Ivy collect in her jar?
  3. 3. Who knocked the jar off the sill?
  4. 4. How did Ivy feel just after the jar fell?

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Answer key — Reading a Grade 1 Story

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  1. 1.1. Blue. 2. A new neighbour can change an empty place and make friends quickly. 3. She is friendly and hard-working — she painted the door and invited Tomas over. 4. Bright yellow.
  2. 2.1. Being kind matters more than being angry about an accident. 2. Shells from the beach. 3. Her little brother, Ben. 4. Hot and cross.

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to RL.1.10 of the Common Core State Standards for English language arts.