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Main Topic and Key Details is a free printable Grade 1 English worksheet on naming the topic and the facts that support it, aligned to Common Core standard RI.1.2. 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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Main Topic and Key Details

RI.1.2

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Read the text, then answer the questions.

1.Read the text, then answer the questions.

How Seeds Travel

A seed cannot grow in its parent's shadow. There is not enough light. So seeds have to move away. Some seeds have wings. A sycamore seed spins like a tiny helicopter and lands far from the tree. Some seeds hook onto fur. A burr catches on a passing fox and drops off somewhere new. Some seeds sit inside fruit. A bird eats the fruit and the seed comes out later, miles away.

  1. 1. What does a sycamore seed do as it falls?
  2. 2. Why can a seed not grow in its parent's shadow?
  3. 3. How does a burr travel?
  4. 4. What is the main idea of this text?
2.Read the text, then answer the questions.

What Roots Do

Roots grow down while the stem grows up. They do two jobs. First, roots hold the plant in the ground. A tall tree in a storm stays up because its roots spread wide under the soil. Second, roots drink. Tiny hairs on the roots take in water from the soil. The water travels up the stem to the leaves. A plant with damaged roots wilts, even if it is watered.

  1. 1. What is the main idea of this text?
  2. 2. What takes in water from the soil?
  3. 3. How many jobs do roots do?
  4. 4. Which way do roots grow?

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Answer key — Main Topic and Key Details

Set 14. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. It spins like a tiny helicopter. 2. There is not enough light. 3. It hooks onto fur, such as a passing fox. 4. Seeds have different ways of travelling away from the parent plant.
  2. 2.1. Roots hold a plant in the ground and take in water for it. 2. Tiny hairs on the roots. 3. Two. 4. Down, while the stem grows up.

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to RI.1.2 of the Common Core State Standards for English language arts.