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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 25 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.Write about bats. Say what they are and give two facts.
  • I named the topic
  • I gave two facts
  • I finished it off
2.Write about how milk gets to the shop. Give three steps.
  • I named the topic
  • I gave three steps
  • I finished it off

LessonPrint · W.1.5 · Set 25 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — Add a Detail

Set 25. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.Bats named, with two accurate facts such as flying or using echoes.
  2. 2.Three steps of the milk journey, in a sensible order.

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.