Little Red Riding Hood story worksheet with fill-in-the-blank exercises and illustrations.

Let’s solve this step by step.

We have a poem with blanks, and we need to fill them using the words from the box:

Word Box:
Butter, wolf, see, never, grandma, squirrels, everyday, takes, Woodcutter, house, saves, hears, kills, walking, home-made

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Let’s go line by line and think about what makes sense.

1. “Right through the woods , not very far ,”
→ This is just setting the scene. No blank here.

2. “Lives Red Riding Hood’s ……………………”
→ Who lives in the woods? Her grandma.
✔ Fill: grandma

3. “To visit her she often ……………………”
→ She goes to visit her grandma often. What does she do? She takes something? Or maybe “goes”? But “goes” isn’t in the list. Wait — look at the next line:
“……… , eggs and …………………… cakes.”
So she takes things to her grandma. So verb should be takes.
✔ Fill: takes

4. “……… , eggs and …………………… cakes.”
→ First blank: probably Butter (common thing to bring).
Second blank: describes the cakes → home-made makes sense.
✔ Fill: Butter, home-made

5. “Her mummy tells her …………………… :”
→ What does her mom tell her? A warning. The next line says: “Don’t talk to strangers on the way!”
So the word that fits is never? Wait — no, “tells her never” doesn’t sound right. Maybe it’s “tells her [something]”, like advice. Actually, looking ahead — maybe it’s “tells her [this]”: but we need a word from the list.
Wait — perhaps it’s “tells her never” as in “never talk to strangers”? But grammar-wise, it’s better if it’s “tells her: ‘Never talk...’” — so maybe the blank is for the quote starter? Hmm. Let’s skip and come back.

Actually, re-reading:
“Her mummy tells her …………………… :”
Then the next line is: “Don’t talk to strangers on the way!”
So the blank is likely introducing the quote — but none of the words fit that except maybe “never” — but that would be part of the quote.
Wait — perhaps it’s “tells her never” meaning “tells her never to talk...” — but then the colon suggests the quote follows.
Maybe it’s a typo or misplacement. Let’s look at other lines.

Alternatively — maybe it’s “tells her walking”? No.
Wait — let’s check the full context later. Let’s move on.

6. “Two …………………… watch Red Riding Hood”
→ Two what? Animals? People? In the story, squirrels are often in the woods. And “squirrels” is in the word box.
✔ Fill: squirrels

7. “As she goes …………………… through the woods.”
→ How is she going? Walking.
✔ Fill: walking

8. “They ………… a wolf and warn and shout :”
→ They see a wolf.
✔ Fill: see

9. “There is a big bad ………… about!”
→ Big bad wolf! Classic phrase.
✔ Fill: wolf

Now second stanza:

10. “The wolf pretends to show such charm,”
No blank.

11. “She ………… dreams that he could harm.”
→ She never dreams that he could harm. That makes sense — she trusts him.
✔ Fill: never

Back to line 5: “Her mummy tells her …………………… :”
If we put never here, it becomes: “Her mummy tells her never: ‘Don’t talk to strangers...’” — which is awkward.
But if we put never in line 11, then what goes in line 5?

Wait — maybe line 5 is “Her mummy tells her this”? Not in list.
Perhaps it’s “Her mummy tells her walking”? No.
Another idea: maybe it’s “Her mummy tells her grandma”? Doesn’t make sense.

Wait — let’s look at the remaining words after filling others.

Used so far:
- grandma (line 2)
- takes (line 3)
- Butter (line 4a)
- home-made (line 4b)
- squirrels (line 6)
- walking (line 7)
- see (line 8)
- wolf (line 9)
- never (line 11)

Remaining words:
Woodcutter, house, saves, hears, kills, everyday

Line 5: “Her mummy tells her …………………… :”
Maybe it’s “Her mummy tells her everyday”? Like “every day, don’t talk...” — possible.
But “everyday” is an adjective usually (“everyday clothes”), while “every day” is adverbial. But sometimes used interchangeably in kids’ texts.

Alternatively — maybe it’s “Her mummy tells her house”? No.

Wait — perhaps I made a mistake earlier.

Let me try assigning “everyday” to line 3 instead.

Line 3: “To visit her she often ……………………”
Could it be “she often everyday”? No — “everyday” is not a verb.

“Takes” is still best for line 3.

What if line 5 is “Her mummy tells her never” — and the colon introduces the quote starting with “Don’t...” — so it’s like: “Her mummy tells her never: ‘Don’t talk...’” — which is grammatically odd, but maybe acceptable for children’s worksheet.

But let’s see line 12: “She tells him all he wants to know” — no blank.

Line 13: “And to the………………… the wolf does go .”
→ Where does the wolf go? To grandma’s house.
✔ Fill: house

Line 14: “A kind …………………… , chopping sticks,”
→ Who chops sticks? The Woodcutter.
✔ Fill: Woodcutter

Line 15: “He …………………… the poor old grandma’s call”
→ He hears her call.
✔ Fill: hears

Line 16: “And …………………… the wolf and …………………… them all.”
→ He kills the wolf and saves them all.
✔ Fill: kills, saves

Now, what’s left? We had “everyday” unused.

Where can “everyday” go?

Look back at line 3: “To visit her she often ……………………”
We put “takes” — but maybe it’s “she often everyday”? No, doesn’t work.

Line 4: “……… , eggs and …………………… cakes.”
We have “Butter” and “home-made”. Is there room for “everyday”? No.

Wait — line 3: “To visit her she often ……………………”
What if it’s “she often goes”? Not in list.

Another possibility: maybe line 5 is “Her mummy tells her everyday :” meaning every day she tells her — even if grammar is loose.

In many children’s worksheets, they use “everyday” to mean “every day”.

So let’s assign:

Line 5: “Her mummy tells her everyday :”

Then line 11: “She never dreams...”

That uses all words.

List of words again:
Butter, wolf, see, never, grandma, squirrels, everyday, takes, Woodcutter, house, saves, hears, kills, walking, home-made

Assigned:

Line 2: grandma
Line 3: takes
Line 4a: Butter
Line 4b: home-made
Line 5: everyday
Line 6: squirrels
Line 7: walking
Line 8: see
Line 9: wolf
Line 11: never
Line 13: house
Line 14: Woodcutter
Line 15: hears
Line 16a: kills
Line 16b: saves

All 15 words used. Perfect.

Now let’s write the filled poem to verify:

Right through the woods , not very far ,
Lives Red Riding Hood’s grandma
To visit her she often takes
Butter , eggs and home-made cakes.
Her mummy tells her everyday :
“Don’t talk to strangers on the way!”
Two squirrels watch Red Riding Hood
As she goes walking through the woods.
They see a wolf and warn and shout :
“There is a big bad wolf about!”

The wolf pretends to show such charm,
She never dreams that he could harm.
She tells him all he wants to know
And to the house the wolf does go .
A kind Woodcutter , chopping sticks,
He hears the poor old grandma’s call
And kills the wolf and saves them all.

Makes perfect sense!

Final Answer:

grandma
takes
Butter
home-made
everyday
squirrels
walking
see
wolf
never
house
Woodcutter
hears
kills
saves