Skip to content
LessonPrint

Say It Shorter is a free printable Grade 1 English worksheet on retelling an information text in one sentence, 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, 18 of them with 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.

Set 22 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.

Next set

One paper per pupil

12345678910111213141516171819202122232425

Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. 18 of these 25 sets ask different questions — this skill does not have 25 questions to give. The rest reorder them, so no two pupils have the same paper in front of them.

Say It Shorter

RI.1.2

NameDate

Read the text, then answer the questions.

1.Read the text, then answer the questions.

Owls

Owls hunt at night. Their eyes are very large, so they can see when there is almost no light. An owl's feathers have soft edges. This makes their wings quiet. A mouse cannot hear an owl coming. Owls cannot move their eyes from side to side. Instead, they turn their whole head. An owl can turn its head much further than you can.

  1. 1. Summarise this text in one sentence.
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. Summarise this text in one sentence.

LessonPrint · RI.1.2 · Set 22 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — Say It Shorter

Set 22. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Owls have large eyes and quiet feathers that let them hunt at night, and they turn their heads to look around.
  2. 2.1. Seeds must leave their parent's shadow, and they do it by spinning, hooking onto fur, or riding inside fruit.

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