Grade 1Reading & writingpractice16 questions

Characters and settings

Grade 1: who the characters are, where the story happens (setting), beginning, middle and end, the problem in a story.

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Questions

  1. What is a character in a story?

    • A letter of the alphabet
    • A person or animal in the story
    • The last page of the book
    • The title on the cover
    Show answerA person or animal in the story

  2. Which of these could be a character in a story?

    • A big castle
    • A brave mouse
    • A page number
    • A rainy hill
    Show answerA brave mouse

  3. A talking rabbit can be a character in a story. (True or false?)

    Show answerTrue

  4. Which word tells us what a character is like?

    • and
    • five
    • kind
    • under
    Show answerkind

  5. What is the setting of a story?

    • How long it is
    • What the cover looks like
    • Where and when it happens
    • Who wrote it
    Show answerWhere and when it happens

  6. Mia plays in the sand and splashes in the waves. What is the setting?

    • A beach
    • A classroom
    • A forest
    • A shop
    Show answerA beach

  7. A castle, a farm and a moon base can all be settings. (True or false?)

    Show answerTrue

  8. A story has fish, coral and blue water all around. What is the setting? (Answer out loud)

    Show answerThe sea (under the sea)

  9. Which part of a story comes first?

    • The beginning
    • The end
    • The last page
    • The middle
    Show answerThe beginning

  10. Which part of a story tells how things turn out?

    • The beginning
    • The cover
    • The end
    • The middle
    Show answerThe end

  11. What are the three main parts of a story, in order? (Answer out loud)

    Show answerBeginning, middle, end

  12. The end of a story comes before the beginning. (True or false?)

    Show answerFalse

  13. What is the problem in a story?

    • Something hard the characters must fix
    • The happy ending
    • The name of the book
    • The place where it happens
    Show answerSomething hard the characters must fix

  14. Pip loses her red kite in a tree. What is the problem?

    • Her kite is stuck
    • It is a sunny day
    • She has a red kite
    • She likes the park
    Show answerHer kite is stuck

  15. When is the problem in a story usually solved?

    • Before the story begins
    • Near the end
    • On the cover
    • Right at the start
    Show answerNear the end

  16. Ben's toy boat floats away. Who is the character and what is the problem? (Answer out loud)

    Show answerBen; his boat floats away

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