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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 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. What happens to a beam bridge that is too long?
  2. 2. What is the simplest kind of bridge called?
  3. 3. What shape is an arch bridge?
  4. 4. What is the main idea of this text?
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. What do the bees use to seal the cell?
  2. 2. Where does the bee store the nectar on the way home?
  3. 3. What is the main idea of this text?
  4. 4. About how many flowers does a bee visit on one trip?

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Answer key — Main Topic and Key Details

Set 24. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. It sags in the middle. 2. A beam bridge. 3. Curved. 4. Different bridge shapes hold weight in different ways.
  2. 2.1. Wax. 2. In a special stomach. 3. How bees turn flower nectar into honey, step by step. 4. About a hundred.

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