From Picture to Story: Writing Beginnings and Middles for Grade 1

This Grade 1 writing worksheet introduces young learners to building short stories using pictures as visual prompts. The topic focuses on helping children understand how a story starts and what happens next, encouraging clear thinking, sequencing, and simple sentence writing.

Designed for early writers, this worksheet strengthens sentence formation, logical order, and early storytelling skills. Through picture-based prompts, learners practise writing story beginnings, middle sentences using sequencing words, cause-and-effect sentences using “because,” comparison sentences using “but,” and short descriptions of weather scenes.

Why Picture Stories Matter in Grammar?

Picture-based storytelling helps Grade 1 learners organise thoughts and express ideas clearly.
1. Story beginnings introduce characters and settings.
2. Middle sentences explain actions and events.
3. Words like “because” build cause-and-effect understanding.
4. Comparison sentences using “but” support logical thinking.

What’s Inside This Worksheet?

This worksheet includes five storytelling-focused writing activities:

📖 Exercise 1 – Writing a Story Beginning 
Students look at pictures and write one simple sentence to begin each story.

➡️ Exercise 2 – Writing the Story Middle 
Learners write one sentence showing what happens next, using words like then, next, or after that.

🔗 Exercise 3 – Beginning and Middle Using “Because” 
Students write a beginning sentence and a middle sentence using because to explain why something happens.

⚖️ Exercise 4 – Compare and Contrast Using “But” 
Learners write two short sentences (beginning and middle) using but to compare objects or characters in the pictures.

🌦️ Exercise 5 – Describing Weather Scenes 
Students write two short sentences about weather scenes—one for the beginning of the story and one for the middle.

ANSWER KEY

Exercise 1 – Story Beginnings 
(Answers may vary)
1. A family is sitting together in the park. 
2. Two children are playing on the beach. 
3. Two friends are planting a small tree.

Exercise 2 – Story Middles 
(Answers may vary)
1. Next, the children play happily on the swings and slides. 
2. Then, the children look at the birds on the tree. 
3. After that, the children dance and enjoy the party.

Exercise 3 – Using “Because” 
(Sample answers)
1. Beginning: Two children stood in the rain. 
Middle: They shared an umbrella because it was raining heavily.
2. Beginning: The animals were inside the zoo. 
Middle: They stayed together because it was feeding time.
3. Beginning: The children gathered around the cake. 
Middle: They were happy because it was a birthday party.

Exercise 4 – Compare and Contrast Using “But” 
(Sample answers)
1. Beginning: The elephant is big. 
Middle: The cat is small but very quick.
2. Beginning: The sun shows it is hot. 
Middle: The snowflake shows it is cold but beautiful.
3. Beginning: The tortoise is slow. 
Middle: The rabbit is fast but careless.

Exercise 5 – Weather Story Sentences 
(Answers may vary)
1. Rainy Day 
Beginning: It started raining heavily. 
Middle: Then the children opened their umbrellas.
2. Sunny Day 
Beginning: The sun was shining bright. 
Middle: The children played outside happily.
3. Cloudy Day 
Beginning: The sky was full of clouds. 
Middle: Soon it became dark.
4. Windy Day 
Beginning: The wind blew strongly. 
Middle: Leaves flew everywhere.
5. Cold Day 
Beginning: The morning was very cold. 
Middle: People wore warm clothes.

This worksheet is ideal for classroom storytelling lessons, creative writing practice, or guided home learning, helping children move confidently from single sentences to simple stories.

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