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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.

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?
2.Read the text, then answer the questions.

How a Bridge Stands Up

A bridge has to hold its own weight and the weight of everything crossing it. The simplest bridge is a beam: a flat piece laid across a gap. A beam bridge cannot be very long, or it sags in the middle. An arch bridge is curved. The curve pushes the weight out to the ends, where the ground is solid. That is why arch bridges can cross wider gaps.

  1. 1. How is this text organised?
  2. 2. How is the curve of an arch connected to the width it can cross?
  3. 3. Which bridge does the text describe first?

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Answer key — Following an Explanation

Set 2. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. 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.
  2. 2.1. It starts with what every bridge must do, then compares two kinds. 2. The curve pushes weight out to the solid ground at the ends, so it can span a wider gap. 3. The beam bridge.

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