Ask and Answer About a Fact Text is a free printable Grade 1 English worksheet on answering questions about the key details of an information text, aligned to Common Core standard RI.1.1. 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.
Set 1 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
A honeybee visits about a hundred flowers on one trip. She sucks up nectar and stores it in a special stomach.
Back at the hive, she passes the nectar to another bee. That bee chews it for about half an hour. Then it goes into a wax cell.
The bees fan the cell with their wings. The water dries out and the nectar thickens into honey. Then the cell is sealed with wax.
1. What do the bees use to seal the cell?
2. Where does the bee store the nectar on the way home?
3. About how many flowers does a bee visit on one trip?
4. Put these in order: the cell is sealed, the bee sucks up nectar, the nectar is chewed.
2.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. What happens after a bird eats a fruit with a seed inside?
2. How does a burr travel?
3. Why can a seed not grow in its parent's shadow?
4. What does a sycamore seed do as it falls?
LessonPrint · RI.1.1 · Set 1 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Ask and Answer About a Fact Text
Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Wax. 2. In a special stomach. 3. About a hundred. 4. The bee sucks up nectar, the nectar is chewed, the cell is sealed.
2.1. The seed comes out later, miles away. 2. It hooks onto fur, such as a passing fox. 3. There is not enough light. 4. It spins like a tiny helicopter.
Questions about Ask and Answer About a Fact Text
What does the Ask and Answer About a Fact Text worksheet cover?
It practises answering questions about the key details of an information text — 2 questions for Grade 1, all on Common Core RI.1.1: Ask and answer questions about the facts in an information text. The instruction to pupils is “Read the text, then answer the questions”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.
Which Common Core standard does Ask and Answer About a Fact Text practise?
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.1.1 — RI.1.1, in the Reading: Informational Text domain for Grade 1. The published standard reads: “Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.” The worksheet assesses that standard rather than a paraphrase of it.
What age or grade is this worksheet for?
Ask and Answer About a Fact Text is written for Grade 1, typically ages 6-7. It is one of the sheets on RI.1.1, so it suits any pupil working at that standard — including older pupils revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.
Does Ask and Answer About a Fact Text come with an answer key?
Yes. All 2 answers are generated from the same problems as the questions, so the key cannot drift out of step with the sheet. It starts on a fresh sheet of paper, after the questions, so it is not handed out with the class by accident.
How many different versions of Ask and Answer About a Fact Text can I print?
25 — one per pupil, and all 25 ask different questions. Set 1 downloads the whole class as a single PDF. Every version is fixed to its own address, so a sheet printed today holds the same problems when you reopen it next week.
Is Ask and Answer About a Fact Text free to print and photocopy?
Yes. Ask and Answer About a Fact Text, its answer key and its 25 versions are free to print and photocopy for your own class, with no account, no email capture and no subscription at the download step. Please do not resell them or republish them as your own.
Is there a lesson plan to teach RI.1.1?
Yes — “Questions About an Information Text” is a 40-minute Grade 1 plan for RI.1.1, timed section by section, with the misconceptions to expect and an exit ticket. Ask and Answer About a Fact Text is the practice that follows it.
More practice for RI.1.1
Ask and answer questions about the facts in an information text.