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Work It Out from the Story is a free printable Grade 1 English worksheet on answering something the story does not say outright, aligned to Common Core standard RL.1.1. 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.

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Work It Out from the Story

RL.1.1

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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. 1. Had anyone looked after the house lately? How do you know?
  2. 2. How is the van connected to the yellow door?
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. 1. How is the note connected to the boy knocking?
  2. 2. How did Maya know the glove belonged to a child?

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Answer key — Work It Out from the Story

Set 12. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. No — nobody had lived there for years and the grass was very high. 2. The van brought Nita, who painted the door.
  2. 2.1. The boy saw the note, which told him to ask at number 12. 2. Because it was small.

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to RL.1.1 of the Common Core State Standards for English language arts.