KS1 English textbook

Year 1 English Stories and Fairy Tales: lesson and practice

Strand Reading comprehension
Level Year 1
Practice 87 questions with step-by-step solutions

National Curriculum for England, Key Stage 1 English, Year 1. Content: Listen to and talk about stories, Retell traditional tales in my own words, Name the characters and the setting of a story, Recognise the beginning, middle and end of a story, Predict what happens next from clues in a story, Recognise Once upon a time and happily ever after, Link a story to my own experiences.

Open Year 1 chapter

By the end of this chapter you will be able to

Name the characters and say where and when a story happens
Put the events of a story in order: beginning, middle and end
Spot the words Once upon a time and happily ever after
Guess what happens next, using a clue from the story
Retell a traditional tale in my own words
Link a story to something that has happened to me

You should already know

Full stops, capital letters and sentences (Chapter 6)
Tricky words such as said, were and once (Chapter 4)
Reading aloud and talking about the pictures in books

Where this leads

Poems and rhymes (Chapter 9)
Writing my own sentences and stories (Chapter 11)

Lessons in this chapter

Read the whole chapter on one page (good for printing).

Practise with real exam questions

The DfE publishes the old KS1 tests, with mark schemes, for free. They are optional for schools now, so use them as extra practice.

KS1 English past papers