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Answer from the Text is a free printable Grade 1 English worksheet on answering a question using a source you were given, aligned to Common Core standard W.1.8. It prints 2 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask 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.

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Answer from the Text

W.1.8

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Read the text, then answer the questions.

1.Read the text, then answer the questions.

How Seeds Travel

A seed cannot grow in its parent's shadow. There is not enough light. So seeds have to move away. Some seeds have wings. A sycamore seed spins like a tiny helicopter and lands far from the tree. Some seeds hook onto fur. A burr catches on a passing fox and drops off somewhere new. Some seeds sit inside fruit. A bird eats the fruit and the seed comes out later, miles away.

  1. 1. How does a burr travel?
  2. 2. The author says seeds have to move away. What reason is given?
  3. 3. What is a "burr"?
  4. 4. What does a sycamore seed do as it falls?
2.Read the text, then answer the questions.

How a Bridge Stands Up

A bridge has to hold its own weight and the weight of everything crossing it. The simplest bridge is a beam: a flat piece laid across a gap. A beam bridge cannot be very long, or it sags in the middle. An arch bridge is curved. The curve pushes the weight out to the ends, where the ground is solid. That is why arch bridges can cross wider gaps.

  1. 1. What shape is an arch bridge?
  2. 2. What happens to a beam bridge that is too long?
  3. 3. Why does the author say arch bridges can cross wider gaps?
  4. 4. What does "sags" mean here?

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Answer key — Answer from the Text

Set 22. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. It hooks onto fur, such as a passing fox. 2. There is not enough light in the parent's shadow. 3. A seed with hooks that catch on fur. 4. It spins like a tiny helicopter.
  2. 2.1. Curved. 2. It sags in the middle. 3. Because the curve sends the weight out to the ends where the ground is solid. 4. Bends downwards in the middle.

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to W.1.8 of the Common Core State Standards for English language arts.