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What the Diagram Adds is a free printable Grade 1 English worksheet on saying what a diagram shows that the words do not, aligned to Common Core standard RI.1.6. It prints 2 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions, 24 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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What the Diagram Adds

RI.1.6

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Read the text, then answer the questions.

1.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. Why did the author write this text?
  2. 2. What would a diagram for this text need to show?
2.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. Why did the author write this text?
  2. 2. What would a diagram of an owl need to label?

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Answer key — What the Diagram Adds

Set 11. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. To explain how milk gets from a cow to a shop. 2. The cow, the cold tank, the tanker, the dairy and the bottles.
  2. 2.1. To explain how an owl's body helps it hunt. 2. Its large eyes and its soft-edged feathers.

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to RI.1.6 of the Common Core State Standards for English language arts.