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 21 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 Blue Door
At the end of the lane stood a house with a blue door. Nobody had lived there for years. The grass grew as high as Tomas.
One Saturday a van pulled up. A woman got out with a ladder and a tin of paint. By teatime the blue door was bright yellow.
Tomas waved. The woman waved back. "I'm Nita," she called. "Come and see the garden when I've cut it."
1. Retell the story in your own words.
2. How does the beginning of this story set it up?
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. Retell the story in your own words.
2. How does the beginning of the story set up the problem?
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Answer key — Retell with the Key Details
Set 21. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. An empty house at the end of the lane got a new owner, Nita, who painted the blue door yellow and waved to Tomas. 2. It shows the house empty and overgrown, so the change is a surprise.
2.1. 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.
More practice for RL.1.2
Retell a story with its key parts, and say what it was trying to teach.