Clearing Something Up is a free printable Grade 1 English worksheet on checking you have understood what a text told you, aligned to Common Core standard SL.1.3. It prints 2 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions, 24 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 20 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. 24 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.
Clearing Something Up
SL.1.3
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Read the text, then answer the questions.
1.Read the text, then answer the questions.
Owls
Owls hunt at night. Their eyes are very large, so they can see when there is almost no light.
An owl's feathers have soft edges. This makes their wings quiet. A mouse cannot hear an owl coming.
Owls cannot move their eyes from side to side. Instead, they turn their whole head. An owl can turn its head much further than you can.
1. Summarise this text in one sentence.
2. Why did the author write this text?
3. The author says an owl turns its head. What reason is given?
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. Summarise this text in one sentence.
2. Why did the author write this text?
3. The author says seeds have to move away. What reason is given?
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Answer key — Clearing Something Up
Set 20. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Owls have large eyes and quiet feathers that let them hunt at night, and they turn their heads to look around. 2. To explain how an owl's body helps it hunt. 3. Because owls cannot move their eyes from side to side.
2.1. Seeds must leave their parent's shadow, and they do it by spinning, hooking onto fur, or riding inside fruit. 2. To explain the different ways seeds move away from their parent plant. 3. There is not enough light in the parent's shadow.
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to SL.1.3 of the Common Core State Standards for English language arts.