Clearing Something Up is a free printable Grade 1 English worksheet on checking you have understood what a text told you, aligned to Common Core standard SL.1.3. 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.
Set 1 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
24 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.
Clearing Something Up
SL.1.3
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Read the text, then answer the questions.
1.Read the text, then answer the questions.
What Roots Do
Roots grow down while the stem grows up. They do two jobs.
First, roots hold the plant in the ground. A tall tree in a storm stays up because its roots spread wide under the soil.
Second, roots drink. Tiny hairs on the roots take in water from the soil. The water travels up the stem to the leaves.
A plant with damaged roots wilts, even if it is watered.
1. Summarise this text in one sentence.
2. The author says a plant with damaged roots wilts. What reason is given?
3. Why did the author write 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. The author says seeds have to move away. What reason is given?
2. Summarise this text in one sentence.
3. Why did the author write this text?
LessonPrint · SL.1.3 · Set 1 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Clearing Something Up
Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Roots hold a plant steady in the soil and take up the water that travels to its leaves. 2. Because the roots are what take in water, so watering it does not help. 3. To explain the two jobs roots do.
2.1. There is not enough light in the parent's shadow. 2. Seeds must leave their parent's shadow, and they do it by spinning, hooking onto fur, or riding inside fruit. 3. To explain the different ways seeds move away from their parent plant.
Questions about Clearing Something Up
What does the Clearing Something Up worksheet cover?
It practises checking you have understood what a text told you — 2 questions for Grade 1, all on Common Core SL.1.3: Ask a speaker a question to find out more or to clear something up. The instruction to pupils is “Read the text, then answer the questions”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.
Which Common Core standard does Clearing Something Up practise?
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.1.3 — SL.1.3, in the Speaking & Listening domain for Grade 1. The published standard reads: “Ask and answer questions about what a speaker says in order to gather additional information or clarify something that is not understood.” The worksheet assesses that standard rather than a paraphrase of it.
What age or grade is this worksheet for?
Clearing Something Up is written for Grade 1, typically ages 6-7. It is one of the sheets on SL.1.3, so it suits any pupil working at that standard — including older pupils revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.
Does Clearing Something Up come with an answer key?
Yes. All 2 answers are generated from the same problems as the questions, so the key cannot drift out of step with the sheet. It starts on a fresh sheet of paper, after the questions, so it is not handed out with the class by accident.
How many different versions of Clearing Something Up can I print?
25 versions, of which 24 ask genuinely different questions — this skill does not have 25 distinct questions to give, so the rest reorder them and no two pupils still share a paper. Set 1 downloads all 25 as one PDF.
Is Clearing Something Up free to print and photocopy?
Yes. Clearing Something Up, its answer key and its 25 versions are free to print and photocopy for your own class, with no account, no email capture and no subscription at the download step. Please do not resell them or republish them as your own.
More practice for SL.1.3
Ask a speaker a question to find out more or to clear something up.