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 15 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 Wobbly Tooth
Ravi had a wobbly tooth. He pushed it with his tongue all through lunch. It hurt a little, and he did not want to eat.
His friend Nell sat down beside him. "Mine came out last week," she said. "It only wobbles for a few days."
Ravi felt better. He ate his sandwich on the other side of his mouth. That night the tooth came out on his pillow.
1. How does the story begin?
2. Retell the story in your own words.
2.Read the text, then answer the questions.
The Last Lap
Dee was fast. She won every race at sports day, and she knew it.
In the relay, she ran the last lap. Her team was behind. Dee ran so hard that her chest burned, but the other runner crossed the line first.
Dee sat on the grass. Her team came and sat with her. "You made up ten metres," said Ali. Dee had not thought about that. She had only thought about losing.
1. Retell the story in your own words.
2. How does the ending change the story?
LessonPrint · RL.1.2 · Set 15 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Retell with the Key Details
Set 15. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. It tells us that Ravi had a wobbly tooth. 2. Ravi's wobbly tooth hurt at lunch, Nell told him it would only last a few days, and it came out that night.
2.1. Dee ran the last lap of the relay from behind, did not win, and her team pointed out that she had made up ten metres. 2. It turns a loss into something Dee can be proud of.
More practice for RL.1.2
Retell a story with its key parts, and say what it was trying to teach.