This medium worksheet tightens story-structure thinking with nine fill-in-the-blank sentences about how a story starts with the beginning, the problem as the trouble, the beginning-middle-end frame, the hero who tries to fix the problem, settings like a park, school, or forest, and the words write, hero, solved, and plot. Part B follows with a matching task that pairs hero, problem, ending, and setting with their plain-English meanings. The mix of sentence completion and matching helps Grade 1 writers see how each story part has a job, so when they sit down to write their own narrative the framework is already in their head.
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Narrative Story Starters
Part A: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1. A story starts with the beginning.
2. The problem is the trouble in a story.
3. Stories have a beginning, middle, and end.
4. The hero tries to fix the problem.
5. A setting can be a park, a school, or a forest.
6. You can write a story about anything you like.
7. The hero of the story is the main person.
8. At the end, the problem is solved.
9. A good story has a clear plot to tell.
Part B: Matching
Match each item on the left to the correct answer on the right.
1. Match each item to its correct answer.
hero
→ the main character
the last part of a story
problem
→ the trouble in a story
the main character
ending
→ the last part of a story
the trouble in a story
setting
→ where a story takes place
where a story takes place
Narrative Story Starters
★ Part A: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1) A story starts with the beginning.
2) The problem is the trouble in a story.
3) Stories have a beginning, middle, and end.
4) The hero tries to fix the problem.
5) A setting can be a park, a school, or a forest.
6) You can write a story about anything you like.
7) The hero of the story is the main person.
8) At the end, the problem is solved.
9) A good story has a clear plot to tell.
★ Part B: Matching
Match each item on the left to the correct answer on the right.
1) Match each item to its correct answer.
hero
→ the main character
the last part of a story
problem
→ the trouble in a story
the main character
ending
→ the last part of a story
the trouble in a story
setting
→ where a story takes place
where a story takes place
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