Where and When It Happens is a free printable Grade 1 English worksheet on describing the setting and the order of events, aligned to Common Core standard RL.1.3. It prints 2 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions, 23 of them with 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 2 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. 23 of these 25 sets ask different questions — this skill does not have 25 questions to give. The rest reorder them, so no two pupils have the same paper in front of them.
Where and When It Happens
RL.1.3
NameDate
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. What happened after the van pulled up?
2. Where is the house?
2.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. Where does the story begin?
2. How many days passed before the boy knocked?
LessonPrint · RL.1.3 · Set 2 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Where and When It Happens
Set 2. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. A woman got out with a ladder and paint and painted the door yellow. 2. At the end of the lane.
2.1. By the bus stop. 2. Three days; he came on the fourth day.
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to RL.1.3 of the Common Core State Standards for English language arts.