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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.

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. What are a bat's wings made of?
  2. 2. How many insects can one small bat eat in a night?
  3. 3. What is the main idea of this text?
  4. 4. When do most bats come out?
2.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. Why can a seed not grow in its parent's shadow?
  2. 2. What is the main idea of this text?
  3. 3. What does a sycamore seed do as it falls?
  4. 4. How does a burr travel?

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Answer key — Main Topic and Key Details

Set 4. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Thin skin stretched between long finger bones. 2. A thousand. 3. Bats are flying mammals that use sound to find their way at night. 4. At night.
  2. 2.1. There is not enough light. 2. Seeds have different ways of travelling away from the parent plant. 3. It spins like a tiny helicopter. 4. It hooks onto fur, such as a passing fox.

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