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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.

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 shape is an arch bridge?
  2. 2. What happens to a beam bridge that is too long?
  3. 3. Why does the author say arch bridges can cross wider gaps?
  4. 4. What is the main idea of this text?
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. What does a sycamore seed do as it falls?
  2. 2. Why can a seed not grow in its parent's shadow?
  3. 3. The author says seeds have to move away. What reason is given?
  4. 4. How does a burr travel?

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Answer key — Reading a Grade 1 Fact Text

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  1. 1.1. Curved. 2. It sags in the middle. 3. Because the curve sends the weight out to the ends where the ground is solid. 4. Different bridge shapes hold weight in different ways.
  2. 2.1. It spins like a tiny helicopter. 2. There is not enough light. 3. There is not enough light in the parent's shadow. 4. It hooks onto fur, such as a passing fox.

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