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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.

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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.

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 does this story end?
2.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. 1. How does the beginning of the story set up the problem?
  2. 2. Retell the story in your own words.

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Answer key — Retell with the Key Details

Set 19. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Maya found a green glove, put up a note, and after three days the boy with the other glove came for it. 2. The boy arrives with the matching glove, so the pair is complete.
  2. 2.1. It says the boots were too small but that she loved them, which is the whole difficulty. 2. Priya's red boots were too small, she said nothing for a week, then told her mum and got bigger green ones.

More practice for RL.1.2

Retell a story with its key parts, and say what it was trying to teach.

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to RL.1.2 of the Common Core State Standards for English language arts.