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 25 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.
Where Is Pepper?
Pepper the cat was gone. Lily looked in the box. No Pepper. She looked under the bed. No Pepper. She looked behind the door. There was Pepper, fast asleep in a sock drawer.
1. Tell the story in your own words. What happened?
2. Name the three places Lily looked, in order.
2.Read the text, then answer the questions.
Nia's Hat
The wind took Nia's blue hat. It rolled down the hill. Nia ran after it. The hat stopped by a big rock. Nia picked it up and held it tight. She walked home with two hands on her hat.
1. Tell the story in your own words. What happened?
2. What happened first: the hat rolled, or Nia ran?
LessonPrint · RL.K.10 · Set 25 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Listen and Retell
Set 25. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Lily looked in three places for Pepper the cat and found her asleep in a sock drawer. 2. The box, under the bed, then behind the door.
2.1. The wind blew Nia's blue hat down a hill, she ran after it, and she carried it home in two hands. 2. The hat rolled down the hill first.
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to RL.K.10 of the Common Core State Standards for English language arts.