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Year 1 English · Retelling familiar stories

Name: ______________________

Date: ____________

1. In the Pip story, what did Pip have at the beginning?
- ☐ (a) a bone
- ☐ (b) a red ball
- ☐ (c) a blue hat
2. Where did the ball go?
- ☐ (a) under the fence
- ☐ (b) up a tree
- ☐ (c) into a pond
3. What happened at the end of the Pip story?
- ☐ (a) Pip went to sleep.
- ☐ (b) The ball popped.
- ☐ (c) Lily threw the ball back.
4. Which part of a story comes first?
- ☐ (a) the end
- ☐ (b) the middle
- ☐ (c) the beginning
5. Which word helps you tell the first thing that happened?
- ☐ (a) first
- ☐ (b) finally
- ☐ (c) end
6. What colour was Pip's ball? Type the colour.
7. Who threw the ball back to Pip? Type the name.
8. Type the missing word: a story has a beginning, a middle and an ___.

Answer sheet

1. a red ball — At the beginning, Pip the puppy had a shiny red ball.
2. under the fence — The ball rolled under the fence into the garden next door.
3. Lily threw the ball back. — Lily found the ball and threw it back over the fence.
4. the beginning — A story starts at the beginning, then the middle, then the end.
5. first — 'First' tells the listener this is the first thing that happened.
6. red — Pip had a shiny red ball.
7. Lily — Lily, the girl next door, threw the ball back.
8. end — Stories have a beginning, a middle and an end.