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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.

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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

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

LessonPrint · RI.1.2 · Set 25 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — Say It Shorter

Set 25. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Bridges must hold weight, and an arch does it over a wider gap than a flat beam can.
  2. 2.1. Milk is taken from the cow twice a day, cooled, pasteurised at the dairy, bottled and driven to the shop.

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