Practice: Story Elements

Story elements
Reading Comprehension Worksheet
Practice
A parent or tutor should read to the student and help the student to record their
answers.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The beginning of a story tells you who the story is about and
where the story takes place.
The characters are who the story is mostly about.
The setting is where the story mostly takes place.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Listen to the story. Think about who the story is mostly about, and
where the story mostly takes place.
Bunny and Crow live in the forest. Bunny has soft white fur and
long floppy ears. She lives in a nice little house under a rock. She
likes to hop through the bushes. She likes to visit her animal
friends. But she always wondered what the world outside the
forest was like.
Crow has shiny black feathers. His house is a nice nest at the
top of a tree. He likes to fly high above the forest. He likes to fly
over rivers and towns outside the forest.
1. Who is the story mostly about? Circle the best answer.
Bunny’s house Bunny and Crow Bear
2. Where does the story mostly take place?
the forest the park the zoo
Online reading & math for K-5 © www.k5learning.com

Sammy is a funny little monkey. He lives in a zoo. He likes to

eat bananas and play in the treetops. There are lots of other little
monkeys in the monkey yard. They like to play on the rope swings
and chase each other around.

Sammy rope swings bananas

the beach the school the zoo
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
5. What is one of your favorite stories?
6. Who is the story mostly about?

Answer Key
1. Bunny and Crow
2. The forest
3. Sammy
4. The zoo
5-7 Discuss the student’s responses.

Story elements
Practice
answers.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The beginning of a story tells you who the story is about and
where the story takes place.
The characters are who the story is mostly about.
The setting is where the story mostly takes place.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Carla loves to color. It is one of her favorite things to do. She

would color all day long if she could. When it was almost time to
start kindergarten, Carla got a brand new box of crayons. She
took the new crayon box to her room. There are so many colors!
She found one of her coloring books, and opened the new box of
crayons for the first time.

the teacher Carla Carla’s house

the zoo the school Carla’s room

It was only one week until Julie’s birthday. Julie and her mom
were in the kitchen. Julie’s mom asked her what kind of birthday
cake she would like to have. Julie thought for a long time. Some
of her friends liked white cake. Others liked chocolate cake. Julie
wanted everyone to like her birthday cake.

bananas Julie Julie’s friends

the zoo the school the kitchen
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
6. Who is the story mostly about?

Answer Key
1. Carla
2. Carla's room
3. Julie
4. The kitchen

Story elements
Practice
answers.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The middle of a story is called the plot.

There is usually a problem in the middle of a story.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Listen to the story. What is the problem in the middle of this story?

Carla took out the red crayon. The tips of the new crayons
were more pointed than her old ones. They made nice thin lines.
Carla started to color. She colored and colored with the new red
crayon. Soon Carla noticed that the tip of the new red crayon was
starting to wear down.
Carla looked at the new crayons. She looked at her old
crayons in their old yellow box. Then she put the red crayon back
in the new box. She decided she would save her new crayons for
school.
1. What is the problem in the middle of this story?

Circle the best answer.
Carla wants a bigger Carla doesn’t like Carla doesn’t want
box of crayons for her new crayons. to wear down her
kindergarten. new crayons.

Then Julie had an idea. She asked her mom to make a
birthday cake with chocolate cake on the bottom, white cake in
the middle, and a strawberry cupcake on top, just for the birthday
girl—Julie! All of Julie’s friends enjoyed their cake, and Julie
enjoyed hers the most of all.

Julie wanted to have Julie wanted all of Julie’s mother made

a chocolate cake for her friends to like a white birthday
her birthday. her birthday cake. cake instead of a
chocolate one.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
4. What is the problem in the middle of that story?

Answer Key
1. Carla doesn’t want to wear down her new crayons.
2. Julie wanted all of her friends to like her birthday cake.

Story elements
Practice
answers.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The middle of a story is called the plot.

There is usually a problem in the middle of a story.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Max is Marcy’s puppy. Marcy is only six years old, but she
takes good care of Max. She makes sure Max has water in his
dish, and she takes him for walks.
One day, Marcy came home from school. She went to her
room, and changed her clothes. She shut the closet door. Then
she went to look for Max. But Marcy couldn’t find Max anywhere.
Then Marcy heard a bark. The bark was coming from Marcy’s
room.
But Max wasn’t in Marcy’s room. Marcy heard another bark. It
was coming from her closet! She must have closed Max in the
closet by mistake! Marcy laughed, and gave Max a big hug.

Marcy doesn’t want Marcy can’t find Marcy can’t find
to change her Max. Max’s dog food.
clothes.

Tim’s family likes to go camping. One time they camped out

for a week. The camp grounds were nice. There were lots of
trees, and a river.
Tim helped his mom and dad set up their tent. He was too little
to do that by himself. When it started to get dark, Tim helped his
dad build a campfire. Tim was too little to do that by himself. Tim
helped his mom cook hamburgers on the camp stove. He was too
little to do that by himself. Tim wished there was something he
could do all by himself.
Later, they all had roasted marshmallows for desert, and Tim
got to roast his own marshmallows all by himself. That was his
favorite part of the day!

Tim wanted to play, Tim didn’t like Tim wanted to do

instead of helping roasting something all by
his mom and dad. marshmallows. himself.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Answer Key
1. Marcy can’t find Max.
2. Tim wanted to do something all by himself.

Story elements
Practice
answers.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The ending of a story tells how the problem was solved.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Listen to the story. Bunny wanted to know what the world outside
the forest was like. How was this problem solved?
Bunny and Crow live in the forest. Bunny has soft white fur and
long floppy ears. She lives in a nice little house under a rock. She
likes to hop through the bushes. She likes to visit her animal
friends. But she always wondered what the world outside the
forest was like.
Crow has shiny black feathers. His house is a nice nest at the
top of a tree. He likes to fly high above the forest. He likes to fly
over rivers and towns outside the forest.
One day, Bunny saw Crow sitting in a tree. “Hello Crow!” she
called. “Can you tell me what the world is like outside the forest?”
So Crow told Bunny all about the rivers and towns outside the
forest. Bunny and Crow became good friends
1. How was the problem in this story solved?

Crow tells Bunny all Bunny wants to Bunny doesn’t have

about the rivers and know what the world any friends.
towns outside the is like outside the
forest. forest.

Listen to the story. Sammy was sad when the zoo keepers had to
take down the rope swings. How was this problem solved?
Sammy is a funny little monkey. He lives in a zoo. He likes to

eat bananas and play in the treetops. There are lots of other little
monkeys in the monkey yard. They like to play on the rope swings
and chase each other around.
One day, the zoo keepers had to take down the swings
because the ropes were getting old. They might break, and the
monkeys might get hurt. Sammy was sad. He sat down under a
tree.
Then another little monkey ran over to Sammy. “Race you to
the top of this tree!” the little monkey said. Sammy jumped up. He
liked this new game! Soon all the monkeys were racing each
other up the trees. They all liked this new game.

The zoo keepers Sammy and the Sammy doesn’t like
took down the rope other monkeys to eat bananas.
swings. played in the tree.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
5. How was that problem solved?

Answer Key
1. Bunny wants to know what the world is like outside the forest.
2. The zoo keepers took down the rope swings.

Story elements
Practice
answers.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Listen to the story. Carla didn’t want to wear down her new
crayons. How was this problem solved?

Carla took out the red crayon. The tips of the new crayons
were more pointed than her old ones. They made nice thin lines.
Carla started to color. She colored and colored with the new red
crayon. Soon Carla noticed that the tip of the new red crayon was
starting to wear down.
Carla looked at the new crayons. She looked at her old
crayons in their old yellow box. Then she put the red crayon back
in the new box. She decided she would save her new crayons for
school.

Carla decided to Carla asked for Carla decided to go
save her new another new box of ahead and use all of
crayons for school. crayons. her new crayons.

Listen to the story. Julie wanted all of her friends to like her
birthday cake. How was this problem solved?
Then Julie had an idea. She asked her mom to make a
birthday cake with chocolate cake on the bottom, white cake in
the middle, and a strawberry cupcake on top, just for the birthday
girl—Julie! All of Julie’s friends enjoyed their cake, and Julie
enjoyed hers the most of all.

Julie asked her mom Julie asked her mom Julie asked for a
to decide what kind to make a chocolate cake with three
of cake to make. birthday cake. different flavors.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Answer Key
1. Carla decided to save her new crayons for school.
2. Julie asked her mom to decide what kind of cake to make.

Story elements
Practice
answers.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Listen to the story. Marcy couldn’t find Max anywhere. How was
this problem solved?
Max is Marcy’s puppy. Marcy is only six years old, but she
takes good care of Max. She makes sure Max has water in his
dish, and she takes him for walks.
One day, Marcy came home from school. She went to her
room, and changed her clothes. She shut the closet door. Then
she went to look for Max. But Marcy couldn’t find Max anywhere.
Then Marcy heard a bark. The bark was coming from Marcy’s
room.
But Max wasn’t in Marcy’s room. Marcy heard another bark. It
was coming from her closet! She must have closed Max in the
closet by mistake! Marcy laughed, and gave Max a big hug.

Marcy’s mom found Marcy decided to Marcy heard Max

Max in the kitchen. take Max for a walk. barking from inside
the closet.

Listen to the story. Tim wished there was something he could do
all by himself. How was this problem solved?
Tim’s family likes to go camping. One time they camped out for
a week. The camp grounds were nice. There were lots of trees,
and a river.
Tim helped his mom and dad set up their tent. He was too little
to do that by himself. When it started to get dark, Tim helped his
dad build a campfire. Tim was too little to do that by himself. Tim
helped his mom cook hamburgers on the camp stove. He was too
little to do that by himself. Tim wished there was something he
could do all by himself.
Later, they all had roasted marshmallows for desert, and Tim
got to roast his own marshmallows all by himself. That was his
favorite part of the day!

Tim got to build the Tom got to roast Tim got to go
campfire all by marshmallows all by swimming in the
himself. himself. river.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Answer Key
1. Marcy heard Max barking from inside the closet.
2. Tim got to roast his marshmallows all by himself.

Practice: Story Elements

Uploaded by

Document Information

Original Title

Copyright

Available Formats

Share this document

Share or Embed Document

Sharing Options

Did you find this document useful?

Is this content inappropriate?

Copyright:

Available Formats

Practice: Story Elements

Uploaded by

Copyright:

Available Formats

Story elements

Reading Comprehension Worksheet

1. Who is the story mostly about? Circle the best answer.

Bunny’s house Bunny and Crow Bear

2. Where does the story mostly take place?

the forest the park the zoo

Online reading & math for K-5 © www.k5learning.com

Sammy is a funny little monkey. He lives in a zoo. He likes to

3. Who is the story mostly about? Circle the best answer.

4. Where does the story mostly take place?

5. What is one of your favorite stories?

6. Who is the story mostly about?

7. Where does the story mostly take place?

Online reading & math for K-5 © www.k5learning.com

1. Bunny and Crow

5-7 Discuss the student’s responses.

Online reading & math for K-5 © www.k5learning.com

Carla loves to color. It is one of her favorite things to do. She

1. Who is the story mostly about? Circle the best answer.

2. Where does the story mostly take place?

Online reading & math for K-5 © www.k5learning.com

3. Who is the story mostly about? Circle the best answer.

4. Where does the story mostly take place?

5. What is one of your favorite stories?

6. Who is the story mostly about?

7. Where does the story mostly take place?

Online reading & math for K-5 © www.k5learning.com

5-7 Discuss the student’s responses.

Online reading & math for K-5 © www.k5learning.com

The middle of a story is called the plot.

Carla loves to color. It is one of her favorite things to do. She

1. What is the problem in the middle of this story?

Online reading & math for K-5 © www.k5learning.com

2. What is the problem in the middle of this story?

Julie wanted to have Julie wanted all of Julie’s mother made

3. What is one of your favorite stories?

4. What is the problem in the middle of that story?

Online reading & math for K-5 © www.k5learning.com

1. Carla doesn’t want to wear down her new crayons.

2. Julie wanted all of her friends to like her birthday cake.

3-4 Discuss the student’s responses.

Online reading & math for K-5 © www.k5learning.com

The middle of a story is called the plot.

1. What is the problem in the middle of this story?

Online reading & math for K-5 © www.k5learning.com

Tim’s family likes to go camping. One time they camped out

2. What is the problem in the middle of this story?

Tim wanted to play, Tim didn’t like Tim wanted to do

3. What is one of your favorite stories?

4. What is the problem in the middle of that story?

Online reading & math for K-5 © www.k5learning.com

1. Marcy can’t find Max.

2. Tim wanted to do something all by himself.

3-4 Discuss the student’s responses.

Online reading & math for K-5 © www.k5learning.com

The ending of a story tells how the problem was solved.

1. How was the problem in this story solved?

Crow tells Bunny all Bunny wants to Bunny doesn’t have

Online reading & math for K-5 © www.k5learning.com

Sammy is a funny little monkey. He lives in a zoo. He likes to

2. How was the problem in this story solved?

3. What is one of your favorite stories?

4. What is the problem in the middle of that story?