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 17 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
NameDate
Read the story, then answer the questions.
1.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.
2.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. How does the story begin?
2. Retell the story in your own words.
LessonPrint · RL.1.2 · Set 17 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Retell with the Key Details
Set 17. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. 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.
2.1. It tells us when the band practises and what Sam played. 2. Sam liked hitting his drum hard, his teacher asked him to play softly, and it sounded better when he did.
More practice for RL.1.2
Retell a story with its key parts, and say what it was trying to teach.