# Characters and settings

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

Source: https://olyclass.com/library/language-g1-story-elements-en/

- Subject: Reading & writing
- Level: Grade 1
- Practice: 16
- Play it free on one screen (projector, TV or whiteboard): https://olyclass.com/library?play=language-g1-story-elements-en
- Copy and edit it: https://olyclass.com/library?copy=language-g1-story-elements-en
- Games it plays well in: [Paper Race](https://olyclass.com/classroom-games/paper-race/), [Three in a Row](https://olyclass.com/classroom-games/three-in-a-row/), [Line of Four](https://olyclass.com/classroom-games/line-of-four/), [Team Bingo](https://olyclass.com/classroom-games/team-bingo/)

## 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)
   Answer: A 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)
   Answer: A brave mouse
3. A talking rabbit can be a character in a story.
   Answer: True
4. Which word tells us what a character is like? (and / five / kind / under)
   Answer: kind
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)
   Answer: Where 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)
   Answer: A beach
7. A castle, a farm and a moon base can all be settings.
   Answer: True
8. A story has fish, coral and blue water all around. What is the setting?
   Answer: The sea (under the sea)
9. Which part of a story comes first? (The beginning / The end / The last page / The middle)
   Answer: The beginning
10. Which part of a story tells how things turn out? (The beginning / The cover / The end / The middle)
   Answer: The end
11. What are the three main parts of a story, in order?
   Answer: Beginning, middle, end
12. The end of a story comes before the beginning.
   Answer: False
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)
   Answer: Something 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)
   Answer: Her 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)
   Answer: Near the end
16. Ben's toy boat floats away. Who is the character and what is the problem?
   Answer: Ben; his boat floats away