Listen and Retell is a free printable Kindergarten English worksheet on holding on to a story well enough to say it back, aligned to Common Core standard RL.K.10. It prints 2 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions, 22 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 23 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. 22 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.
Listen and Retell
RL.K.10
NameDate
Read the story, then answer the questions.
1.Read the text, then answer the questions.
Sam's Bean
Sam put one bean in a cup of soil. He gave it water. He put the cup by the window. For six days nothing happened. Sam was sad. On day seven a tiny green shoot came up. Sam clapped his hands.
1. What did Sam do after he put the bean in the soil?
2. Tell the story in your own words. What happened?
2.Read the text, then answer the questions.
The Top Shelf
Mia wanted the blue cup. It was on the top shelf. Mia could not reach it. She pulled a chair over, but the chair was still too low. Then her big brother came in. He lifted the cup down for her. "Thank you," said Mia.
1. What happened after the chair was too low?
2. Tell the story in your own words. What happened?
LessonPrint · RL.K.10 · Set 23 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Listen and Retell
Set 23. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. He gave it water. 2. Sam planted a bean, watered it, waited six days, and on day seven a green shoot came up.
2.1. Her big brother came in and lifted the cup down. 2. Mia could not reach the blue cup on the top shelf, the chair was too low, and her brother lifted it down.
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to RL.K.10 of the Common Core State Standards for English language arts.