Retell with the Key Details is a free printable Grade 1 English worksheet on retelling a story without losing what matters, aligned to Common Core standard RL.1.2. 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.
Set 13 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. All 25 sets ask different questions.
Retell with the Key Details
RL.1.2
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Read the story, then answer the questions.
1.Read the text, then answer the questions.
The Boots by the Door
Priya's boots were too small. Her toes pressed against the ends. But they were red, and she loved them.
For a week she said nothing. Then she could not run at playtime without it hurting.
She told her mum. Her mum did not laugh. They took the red boots to the charity shop and found a bigger pair, green this time. Priya kept the red ones by the door for a month before she let them go.
1. Retell the story in your own words.
2. How does the beginning of the story set up the problem?
2.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. How does the story end?
2. Retell the story in your own words.
LessonPrint · RL.1.2 · Set 13 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Retell with the Key Details
Set 13. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Priya's red boots were too small, she said nothing for a week, then told her mum and got bigger green ones. 2. It says the boots were too small but that she loved them, which is the whole difficulty.
2.1. With Omar getting the change right, which shows he can be trusted. 2. Omar went to the market with Grandpa, learned to choose apples, and was then trusted to carry the money.
More practice for RL.1.2
Retell a story with its key parts, and say what it was trying to teach.