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 22 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.
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. Summarise this text in one sentence.
2. The author says a plant with damaged roots wilts. What reason is given?
3. Why did the author write this text?
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. Summarise this text in one sentence.
2. Why did the author write this text?
3. The author says bats are unusual mammals. What reason is given?
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Answer key — Clearing Something Up
Set 22. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Roots hold a plant steady in the soil and take up the water that travels to its leaves. 2. Because the roots are what take in water, so watering it does not help. 3. To explain the two jobs roots do.
2.1. Bats are the only flying mammals; they use squeaks and echoes at night and eat huge numbers of insects. 2. To teach us facts about bats and how they fly and hunt. 3. They are the only mammals that can fly.
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to SL.1.3 of the Common Core State Standards for English language arts.