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Following an Explanation is a free printable Grade 1 English worksheet on holding a multi-step explanation together while reading, aligned to Common Core standard RI.1.10. 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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Following an Explanation

RI.1.10

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Read the text, then answer the questions.

1.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. How is this text organised?
  2. 2. How is fanning the cell connected to honey?
  3. 3. 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.

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. How are roots connected to a tree staying up in a storm?
  2. 2. Where does the water go after the root hairs take it in?
  3. 3. How is this text organised?

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Answer key — Following an Explanation

Set 12. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. In the order the steps happen, from the flower to the sealed cell. 2. Fanning dries out the water so the nectar thickens into honey. 3. The bee sucks up nectar, the nectar is chewed, the cell is sealed.
  2. 2.1. The roots spread wide under the soil and hold the tree in place. 2. Up the stem to the leaves. 3. It says roots do two jobs, then explains each one in turn.

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to RI.1.10 of the Common Core State Standards for English language arts.