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Level 1 · Short words · black-and-white friendly, A4. Untick any sheet you don’t need.

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1. Picture answers

Read, Decode & Understand · Level 1 · Roo Bloom

Read the story. Circle the right picture.

The Red Hat

  1. Max has a red hat.
  2. The hat fell in the mud.
  3. Max got the hat.
  4. Dad and Max rub it in a tub.
  5. Now Max can put on his hat.

  1. 1. What does Max have?

    • kite
    • ball
    • hat

  2. 2. Where did the hat fall?

    • bath
    • mud
    • bed

  3. 3. Who helped Max?

    • dog
    • Dad
    • baby
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2. Word answers

Read, Decode & Understand · Level 1 · Roo Bloom

Read the story. Tick the right word.

The Red Hat

  1. Max has a red hat.
  2. The hat fell in the mud.
  3. Max got the hat.
  4. Dad and Max rub it in a tub.
  5. Now Max can put on his hat.

  1. 1. What colour is the hat?

    • blue
    • green
    • red

  2. 2. What did they rub the hat in?

    • a bag
    • a tub
    • a cup
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3. Find the clue

Read, Decode & Understand · Level 1 · Roo Bloom

Find the clue. Write the number of the sentence, then underline it.

The answer can be hiding in the story.

The Red Hat

  1. 1Max has a red hat.
  2. 2The hat fell in the mud.
  3. 3Max got the hat.
  4. 4Dad and Max rub it in a tub.
  5. 5Now Max can put on his hat.

  1. 1. Why did Dad and Max rub the hat?

    The clue is in sentence number

    Now say or write the answer:

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4. Short answers

Read, Decode & Understand · Level 1 · Roo Bloom

Read the story. Write or say your answer.

The Red Hat

  1. Max has a red hat.
  2. The hat fell in the mud.
  3. Max got the hat.
  4. Dad and Max rub it in a tub.
  5. Now Max can put on his hat.

  1. 1. What happened to the hat?

  2. 2. Who helped Max?

  3. 3. What can Max do at the end?

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5. Put it in order

Read, Decode & Understand · Level 1 · Roo Bloom

What happened first? Write 1, 2, 3 in the boxes.

The Red Hat

  1. Max has a red hat.
  2. The hat fell in the mud.
  3. Max got the hat.
  4. Dad and Max rub it in a tub.
  5. Now Max can put on his hat.
  • Max puts on his hat
  • Dad and Max rub it
  • Hat fell in the mud

Tell a grown-up the story in your own words: first, next, last.

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6. Draw the story

Read, Decode & Understand · Level 1 · Roo Bloom

Draw something you remember from the story.

The Red Hat

  1. Max has a red hat.
  2. The hat fell in the mud.
  3. Max got the hat.
  4. Dad and Max rub it in a tub.
  5. Now Max can put on his hat.

Draw Max's red hat in the mud.

Write a word or sentence about your picture:

Answers for grown-ups

Read, Decode & Understand · Level 1 · Roo Bloom

The Red Hat · Level 1 (Short words) · focus words: hat, red, mud, tub, rub · tricky words: the, put, now, his

1. Picture answers

  1. Yes! Max has a red hat.
  2. Yes — the hat fell in the mud.
  3. Yes! Dad helped Max.

2. Word answers

  1. Yes! The hat is red.
  2. Yes — they rubbed it in a tub.

3. Find the clue

  1. Sentence 2. The hat fell in the mud, so they rubbed the mud off.

4. Short answers (any wording that shows they understood is fine)

  1. It fell in the mud.
  2. Dad helped Max.
  3. He can put on his hat.

5. Put it in order

1. Hat fell in the mud · 2. Dad and Max rub it · 3. Max puts on his hat

There is no score. If an answer is not the one, read the sentence together and ask the question again.