Educational circus-themed worksheet for children with vocabulary, reading comprehension, and coloring activities.

Let’s solve this step by step.

We are given a story about “The amazing clown’s story” with blanks to fill in using words from the list:

Word list:
Today’s / first / laugh / white / hat / face / job / wear / paint

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Step 1: Read the story and understand context

> Who was the first clown? The _______________ clown worked for kings. His _______________ was to make the king _______________. He did not look like the clowns we see today. He did not _______________ big clothes or paint his face.

So, the first blank: “The ___ clown worked for kings.” → It must be first, because it says “Who was the first clown?” right before.

Second blank: “His ___ was to make the king ___.” → What is something you do for someone? A job. And what does a clown do? Make people laugh.

Third part: “He did not ___ big clothes...” → You wear clothes. So that’s wear.

So far:
- first
- job
- laugh
- wear

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Next paragraph:

> The first clown to _______________ his face was from France. They called their clown little Peter, or Pierrot. Little Peter painted his face white. Even his clothes were _______________ — his big clothes, pointed _______________, and large buttons made him look like _______________ clowns.

First blank: “The first clown to ___ his face...” → From later sentence: “Little Peter painted his face white.” So this should be paint.

Second blank: “Even his clothes were ___” → Later it says he painted his face white, and clothes were also white (since it says “even his clothes were...”). So white.

Third blank: “pointed ___” → Clowns often wear hats. Pointed hat makes sense.

Fourth blank: “made him look like ___ clowns” → Since he was one of the early ones, and now we’re comparing to modern clowns, maybe “today’s”? Yes — “look like today’s clowns”.

Wait — but let’s check: “made him look like ___ clowns.” If he wore white clothes, pointed hat, large buttons — that sounds like traditional clown look. But the text says earlier he didn’t look like clowns we see today. Hmm.

Actually, re-read: “He did not look like the clowns we see today.” Then later: “Little Peter... even his clothes were white... made him look like ___ clowns.”

Ah! Maybe it’s saying that *now* we think of clowns as wearing colorful stuff, but Pierrot wore all white — so perhaps “white” again? No, that doesn’t fit grammatically.

Wait — look at the word list: we have “today’s” left. Let’s try:

“made him look like today’s clowns” — but that contradicts earlier statement that he did NOT look like today’s clowns.

Hold on — maybe I misread.

Original: “He did not look like the clowns we see today.” → meaning the very first clown (for kings) didn’t wear big clothes or paint face.

Then: “The first clown to paint his face was from France.” → That’s Pierrot.

Then: “Little Peter painted his face white. Even his clothes were white — his big clothes, pointed hat, and large buttons made him look like ___ clowns.”

This suggests that Pierrot’s outfit (white face, white clothes, pointed hat, big buttons) became the classic clown look — so maybe “today’s”? But that would contradict the earlier line.

Unless... the earlier line refers to the VERY first clown (who worked for kings), and Pierrot came later and started the tradition we recognize today.

Yes! That makes sense.

So: “made him look like today’s clowns” — because Pierrot’s style became the standard.

But wait — the word list has “today’s”, and we haven’t used it yet.

Also, last sentence:

> Little peter was a smart clown. He was also very sad. He painted his face white so no one could see his _______________.

What can’t you see if face is painted white? His real face — emotions, sadness, etc.

So final blank: face

Now let’s assign all blanks in order:

Story with blanks numbered:

1. The _______________ clown worked for kings. → first

2. His _______________ was to make the king _______________. → job, laugh

3. He did not _______________ big clothes or paint his face. → wear

4. The first clown to _______________ his face was from France. → paint

5. Even his clothes were _______________ → white

6. pointed _______________ → hat

7. made him look like _______________ clowns → today’s

8. so no one could see his _______________. → face

Check word list:
Used: first, job, laugh, wear, paint, white, hat, today’s, face → All 9 words used. Perfect.

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Now, True or False questions:

> True or false:
> The fist clown worked for the kings → True (story says: “The first clown worked for kings”)

> The first clowns wore black and white clothes → False — the very first clown (for kings) did NOT wear big clothes or paint face. Pierrot wore white, but he wasn’t the absolute first — he was the first to paint face. Also, no mention of black.

> Peter was the first clown, he was from France → False — Peter (Pierrot) was the first to paint his face, but not the first clown overall. The first clown worked for kings (no name given). Peter was from France, but he wasn’t the first clown ever.

Wait — let’s read carefully:

“The first clown to paint his face was from France. They called their clown little Peter, or Pierrot.”

So Peter was the first to paint face, not the first clown ever.

Therefore:

- “Peter was the first clown” → FALSE

- “he was from France” → TRUE, but since it’s combined with “was the first clown”, the whole statement is FALSE.

So answers:

1. The fist [sic] clown worked for the kings → True

2. The first clowns wore black and white clothes → False (only Pierrot wore white; first clown didn’t wear special clothes)

3. Peter was the first clown, he was from France → False (he was first to paint face, not first clown)

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Final Answer:

Fill-in-the-blanks:

1. first
2. job
3. laugh
4. wear
5. paint
6. white
7. hat
8. today’s
9. face

True or False:

1. True
2. False
3. False