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

From Flower to Jar

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. 1. About how many flowers does a bee visit on one trip?
  2. 2. Put these in order: the cell is sealed, the bee sucks up nectar, the nectar is chewed.
  3. 3. Where does the bee store the nectar on the way home?
  4. 4. What do the bees use to seal the cell?

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Answer key — Ask and Answer About a Fact Text

Set 6. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Tiny hairs on the roots. 2. Down, while the stem grows up. 3. Up the stem to the leaves. 4. Two.
  2. 2.1. About a hundred. 2. The bee sucks up nectar, the nectar is chewed, the cell is sealed. 3. In a special stomach. 4. Wax.

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