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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. Put these in order: the cell is sealed, the bee sucks up nectar, the nectar is chewed.
  2. 2. How is fanning the cell connected to honey?
  3. 3. How is this text organised?
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. Which bridge does the text describe first?
  2. 2. How is the curve of an arch connected to the width it can cross?
  3. 3. How is this text organised?

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Answer key — Following an Explanation

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  1. 1.1. The bee sucks up nectar, the nectar is chewed, the cell is sealed. 2. Fanning dries out the water so the nectar thickens into honey. 3. In the order the steps happen, from the flower to the sealed cell.
  2. 2.1. The beam bridge. 2. The curve pushes weight out to the solid ground at the ends, so it can span a wider gap. 3. It starts with what every bridge must do, then compares two kinds.

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