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Reading a Grade 1 Fact Text is a free printable Grade 1 English worksheet on reading a whole information text and answering across it, 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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Reading a Grade 1 Fact Text

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. What is the main idea of this text?
  2. 2. What do the bees use to seal the cell?
  3. 3. Where does the bee store the nectar on the way home?
  4. 4. Why do the bees fan the cell with their wings?
2.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 is the main idea of this text?
  2. 2. What is the heating step called?
  3. 3. Why is the milk heated for a few seconds?
  4. 4. Where does the milk go straight after milking?

LessonPrint · RI.1.10 · Set 17 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — Reading a Grade 1 Fact Text

Set 17. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. How bees turn flower nectar into honey, step by step. 2. Wax. 3. In a special stomach. 4. To dry the water out of the nectar.
  2. 2.1. The steps milk goes through between the cow and the shop. 2. Pasteurising. 3. To kill germs. 4. Into a cold tank.

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