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Reading a Poem or a Story is a free printable Grade 1 English worksheet on following a longer text well enough to retell and explain 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 Poem or a Story

RL.1.10

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Read the story, then answer the questions.

1.Read the text, then answer the questions.

Too Loud

The school band practised in the hall 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. Retell the story in your own words.
  2. 2. Why could the flutes not be heard at first?
  3. 3. How does the story begin?
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. How did Maya know the glove belonged to a child?
  3. 3. How does this story end?

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Answer key — Reading a Poem or a Story

Set 9. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Sam liked hitting his drum hard, his teacher asked him to play softly, and it sounded better when he did. 2. Because Sam was hitting the drum too hard. 3. It tells us when the band practises and what Sam played.
  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. Because it was small. 3. The boy arrives with the matching glove, so the pair is complete.

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