What Happened and Why is a free printable Kindergarten English worksheet on linking two things that happen in a story, aligned to Common Core standard RL.K.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.
Set 13 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.
What Happened and Why
RL.K.1
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. Why did Lily keep looking?
2. Was Pepper hiding on purpose? How do you know?
2.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. Why did Sam clap his hands?
2. Why do you think Sam put the cup by the window?
LessonPrint · RL.K.1 · Set 13 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — What Happened and Why
Set 13. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Because Pepper was not in the first two places she tried. 2. Probably not — she was fast asleep, not watching for Lily.
2.1. Because the green shoot came up at last. 2. So the bean would get light from outside.
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to RL.K.1 of the Common Core State Standards for English language arts.