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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. Put these in order: the bat listens, the squeak bounces back, the bat squeaks.
  2. 2. How is this text organised?
  3. 3. How are the squeaks connected to the bat knowing what is ahead?
2.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 fanning the cell connected to honey?
  2. 2. Put these in order: the cell is sealed, the bee sucks up nectar, the nectar is chewed.
  3. 3. How is this text organised?

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Answer key — Following an Explanation

Set 4. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. The bat squeaks, the squeak bounces back, the bat listens. 2. One paragraph on wings, one on finding the way, one on food. 3. The squeaks bounce off things and the bat listens to the echo.
  2. 2.1. Fanning dries out the water so the nectar thickens into honey. 2. The bee sucks up nectar, the nectar is chewed, the cell is sealed. 3. In the order the steps happen, from the flower to the sealed cell.

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