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Add a Detail is a free printable Grade 1 English worksheet on adding detail in answer to a reader's question, aligned to Common Core standard W.1.5. It prints 2 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions, 14 of them with different questions, so no two pupils in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.

Set 2 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.

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Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. 14 of these 25 sets ask different questions — this skill does not have 25 questions to give. The rest reorder them, so no two pupils have the same paper in front of them.

Add a Detail

W.1.5

NameDate

Write on the lines. Use the checklist.

1.Explain what roots do for a plant. Give both jobs.
  • I named the topic
  • I gave two jobs
  • I finished it off
2.Write about something that happened at the weekend. Use the words first, then and last.
  • I used first
  • I used then
  • I used last

LessonPrint · W.1.5 · Set 2 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — Add a Detail

Set 2. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.Roots named, with holding the plant and taking in water both given.
  2. 2.Two or more events in order, signalled by first, then and last.

More practice for W.1.5

Stay on the topic and add detail when a friend asks a question.

Teaching this next? Adding Details After Feedback is the 40-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to W.1.5 of the Common Core State Standards for English language arts.