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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.

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Ask and Answer About a Fact Text

RI.1.1

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Read the text, then answer the questions.

1.Read the text, then answer the questions.

What Roots Do

Roots grow down while the stem grows up. They do two jobs. First, roots hold the plant in the ground. A tall tree in a storm stays up because its roots spread wide under the soil. Second, roots drink. Tiny hairs on the roots take in water from the soil. The water travels up the stem to the leaves. A plant with damaged roots wilts, even if it is watered.

  1. 1. Which way do roots grow?
  2. 2. How many jobs do roots do?
  3. 3. Where does the water go after the root hairs take it in?
  4. 4. What takes in water from the soil?
2.Read the text, then answer the questions.

Bats

Bats are the only mammals that can fly. Their wings are made of thin skin stretched between long finger bones. Most bats come out at night. They find their way by making high squeaks. The squeaks bounce off things and come back. The bat listens to the echo and knows what is ahead. Many bats eat insects. One small bat can eat a thousand insects in a night.

  1. 1. What are a bat's wings made of?
  2. 2. Put these in order: the bat listens, the squeak bounces back, the bat squeaks.
  3. 3. When do most bats come out?
  4. 4. How many insects can one small bat eat in a night?

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Answer key — Ask and Answer About a Fact Text

Set 24. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Down, while the stem grows up. 2. Two. 3. Up the stem to the leaves. 4. Tiny hairs on the roots.
  2. 2.1. Thin skin stretched between long finger bones. 2. The bat squeaks, the squeak bounces back, the bat listens. 3. At night. 4. A thousand.

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to RI.1.1 of the Common Core State Standards for English language arts.