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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.

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. How are the squeaks connected to the bat knowing what is ahead?
  2. 2. Put these in order: the bat listens, the squeak bounces back, the bat squeaks.
  3. 3. How is this text organised?
2.Read the text, then answer the questions.

How Milk Gets to the Shop

A dairy cow is milked twice a day, in the morning and the evening. The milk goes straight into a cold tank. Cold milk keeps fresh much longer than warm milk. A tanker takes the milk to a dairy. There it is heated for a few seconds to kill germs, then cooled again fast. This is called pasteurising. Last, the milk is poured into bottles and driven to the shop.

  1. 1. How is this text organised?
  2. 2. How is the cold tank connected to fresh milk?
  3. 3. What happens right after the milk is heated?

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Answer key — Following an Explanation

Set 16. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. The squeaks bounce off things and the bat listens to the echo. 2. The bat squeaks, the squeak bounces back, the bat listens. 3. One paragraph on wings, one on finding the way, one on food.
  2. 2.1. In the order the steps happen, from milking to the shop. 2. Cold milk keeps fresh much longer than warm milk. 3. It is cooled again fast.

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