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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. What happens right after the milk is heated?
  2. 2. How is the cold tank connected to fresh milk?
  3. 3. How is this text organised?
2.Read the text, then answer the questions.

Owls

Owls hunt at night. Their eyes are very large, so they can see when there is almost no light. An owl's feathers have soft edges. This makes their wings quiet. A mouse cannot hear an owl coming. Owls cannot move their eyes from side to side. Instead, they turn their whole head. An owl can turn its head much further than you can.

  1. 1. How is this text organised?
  2. 2. How are soft feathers and catching a mouse connected?
  3. 3. An owl wants to look to its left. What does it do?

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Answer key — Following an Explanation

Set 6. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. It is cooled again fast. 2. Cold milk keeps fresh much longer than warm milk. 3. In the order the steps happen, from milking to the shop.
  2. 2.1. Each paragraph explains one owl body part and what it does. 2. Soft feather edges make the wings quiet, so the mouse cannot hear the owl coming. 3. It turns its whole head, because it cannot move its eyes side to side.

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