1st Grade Reading Quiz: Read Grade Level Informational Texts
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Plants are living things. Plants need water, sunlight, and air to grow. Roots take in water from soil. The stem holds up the plant. Leaves use sunlight to make food. Seeds can grow into new plants.

What do plants need to grow?

Only soil
Toys and games
Only water
Water, sunlight, and air
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1st Grade Reading Quiz: Read Grade Level Informational Texts

Practice Read Grade Level Informational Texts in 1st Grade Reading with focused quiz questions that help you check what you know, review explanations, and build confidence with test-style prompts.

What this quiz covers

This quiz focuses on Read Grade Level Informational Texts, giving you a quick way to practice the rules, question types, and explanations that matter most for 1st Grade Reading.

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Try each quiz question before looking at the correct answer. Use the explanations to review missed ideas, then come back to similar questions until the pattern feels familiar.

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Question 1

Plants are living things. Plants need water, sunlight, and air to grow. Roots take in water from soil. The stem holds up the plant. Leaves use sunlight to make food. Seeds can grow into new plants.

What do plants need to grow?

  1. Only soil
  2. Toys and games
  3. Only water
  4. Water, sunlight, and air (correct answer)
Explanation: Plants need water, sunlight, and air to grow, just as the text says. Only soil, only water, and toys and games are not what the text lists.

Question 2

Animals live in different places called habitats. Fish live in water and have fins and gills. Birds live in nests in trees and have wings to fly. Rabbits live in burrows underground. Each habitat gives an animal what it needs.

What does a habitat give an animal?

  1. Everything it needs to live (correct answer)
  2. Only food to eat
  3. Only a place to hide
Explanation: The text says each habitat gives an animal what it needs, so a habitat gives an animal everything it needs to live. Food and a place to hide are parts of what an animal needs, but the habitat gives more than only one thing.

Question 3

Weather is what it is like outside. Clouds are made of tiny water drops. When clouds get heavy, rain falls. The sun makes warm days. Wind is moving air.

What are clouds made of?

  1. Bits of white snow
  2. Tiny water drops (correct answer)
  3. Warm rays of sun
Explanation: The text says clouds are made of tiny water drops. Snow and sun rays are not what the text says clouds are made of.

Question 4

Plants are living things. Plants need water, sunlight, and air to grow. Roots take in water from soil. The stem holds up the plant. Leaves use sunlight to make food. Seeds can grow into new plants.

What do roots do for a plant?

  1. They hold up the plant
  2. They take in water from soil (correct answer)
  3. They make food from sunlight
  4. They keep the rain away
Explanation: The text says roots take in water from soil. Holding up the plant is the stem's job, making food is the leaves' job, and nothing keeps the rain away.

Question 5

Animals live in different places called habitats. Fish live in water and have fins and gills. Birds live in nests in trees and have wings to fly. Rabbits live in burrows underground. Each habitat gives an animal what it needs.

What do fish have that helps them live in water?

  1. Wings and feathers
  2. Fins and gills (correct answer)
  3. Long soft ears
Explanation: The text says fish live in water and have fins and gills. Wings and feathers belong to birds, and long ears belong to rabbits.

Question 6

Plants are living things. Plants need water, sunlight, and air to grow. Roots take in water from soil. The stem holds up the plant. Leaves use sunlight to make food. Seeds can grow into new plants.

What is this text mostly about?

  1. How to dig in a garden
  2. Plants and what they need (correct answer)
  3. Animals that eat leaves
Explanation: The whole text tells about plants and what they need to grow. Digging and animals are not what the text is about.

Question 7

Plants are living things. Plants need water, sunlight, and air to grow. Roots take in water from soil. The stem holds up the plant. Leaves use sunlight to make food. Seeds can grow into new plants.

What do the leaves use to make food?

  1. Rocks
  2. Sunlight (correct answer)
  3. Wind
Explanation: The text says leaves use sunlight to make food. Rocks and wind are not what the leaves use.

Question 8

Plants are living things. Plants need water, sunlight, and air to grow. Roots take in water from soil. The stem holds up the plant. Leaves use sunlight to make food. Seeds can grow into new plants.

Why are leaves important to the plant?

  1. They use sunlight to make food (correct answer)
  2. They take in water from soil
  3. They hold the plant up
Explanation: The text says leaves use sunlight to make food. Taking in water is the roots' job and holding the plant up is the stem's job.

Question 9

Animals live in different places called habitats. Fish live in water and have fins and gills. Birds live in nests in trees and have wings to fly. Rabbits live in burrows underground. Each habitat gives an animal what it needs.

Which animal lives in water?

  1. Fish (correct answer)
  2. Birds
  3. Rabbits
Explanation: The text says fish live in water. Birds live in nests in trees and rabbits live in burrows underground.

Question 10

Weather is what it is like outside. Clouds are made of tiny water drops. When clouds get heavy, rain falls. The sun makes warm days. Wind is moving air.

What happens when clouds get heavy?

  1. Snow falls
  2. Rain falls (correct answer)
  3. The wind starts to blow
Explanation: The text says rain falls when clouds get heavy. The text does not say snow falls or that wind starts when clouds are heavy.

Question 11

Our bodies have many parts that work together. Our brain helps us think. Our heart pumps blood. Our lungs help us breathe.

What does the brain do?

  1. It pumps blood
  2. It helps us think (correct answer)
  3. It helps us breathe
Explanation: The text says the brain helps us think. Pumping blood is the heart's job and breathing is the lungs' job.

Question 12

Plants are living things. Plants need water, sunlight, and air to grow. Roots take in water from soil. The stem holds up the plant. Leaves use sunlight to make food. Seeds can grow into new plants.

What are plants, according to the text?

  1. Kinds of rocks
  2. Small machines
  3. Living things (correct answer)
  4. Pieces of soil
Explanation: The text begins by saying plants are living things. Rocks, machines, and soil are not what the text calls plants.

Question 13

Animals live in different places called habitats. Fish live in water and have fins and gills. Birds live in nests in trees and have wings to fly. Rabbits live in burrows underground. Each habitat gives an animal what it needs.

What does the word habitat mean?

  1. A game animals play
  2. A place an animal lives (correct answer)
  3. A kind of food
  4. A color animals like
Explanation: A habitat is a place where an animal lives, like water for fish or a nest for birds. 'A game animals play' does not match what the text says a habitat is. 'A kind of food' is not what the word habitat means in the text. 'A color animals like' also does not match the meaning given in the text.

Question 14

Weather is what it is like outside. Clouds are made of tiny water drops. When clouds get heavy, rain falls. The sun makes warm days. Wind is moving air.

Why does rain fall in the text?

  1. The sun goes to sleep
  2. Trees shake their leaves
  3. The wind stops
  4. Clouds get heavy (correct answer)
Explanation: The text says rain falls when clouds get heavy, so heavy clouds are what make rain fall. The sun, the trees, and the wind are not what the text says causes rain.

Question 15

Water can change. When water is cold, it turns into ice. Ice is hard and solid. When ice gets warm, it melts into water. When water gets very hot, it becomes steam. Steam is water as a gas.

What can water change into?

  1. Ice or steam (correct answer)
  2. Rocks or sand
  3. Wind or clouds
Explanation: The text says cold water turns into ice and very hot water becomes steam, so water can change into ice or steam. Rocks, sand, wind, and clouds are not in the text.

Question 16

Weather is what it is like outside. Clouds are made of tiny water drops. When clouds get heavy, rain falls. The sun makes warm days. Wind is moving air.

What is wind, based on the text?

  1. Air that is moving (correct answer)
  2. A kind of rain
  3. A hot day
  4. A kind of cloud
Explanation: The text says wind is moving air. Rain, hot days, and clouds are other parts of weather, not wind.

Question 17

Our bodies have many parts that work together. Our brain helps us think. Our heart pumps blood. Our lungs help us breathe.

What does the heart do?

  1. It pumps blood (correct answer)
  2. It helps us think
  3. It helps us breathe
  4. It holds up our body
Explanation: The text says the heart pumps blood. Thinking is the brain's job, breathing is the lungs' job, and the text does not say the heart holds up the body.

Question 18

Water can change. When water is cold, it turns into ice. Ice is hard and solid. When ice gets warm, it melts into water. When water gets very hot, it becomes steam. Steam is water as a gas.

What happens when water gets very hot?

  1. It turns into ice
  2. It gets hard and solid
  3. It becomes steam (correct answer)
  4. It melts into water
Explanation: The text says very hot water becomes steam. Ice comes from cold water, hard and solid describes ice, and melting is what warm ice does.

Question 19

A community is a place where people live and work together. Neighborhoods are communities. People in communities help each other. Stores give us food and firefighters keep us safe.

What do stores give us in a community?

  1. Food (correct answer)
  2. Rainy weather
  3. Loud music
Explanation: The text says stores give us food. Weather and music are not what the text says stores give.

Question 20

Water can change. When water is cold, it turns into ice. Ice is hard and solid. When ice gets warm, it melts into water. When water gets very hot, it becomes steam. Steam is water as a gas.

What is ice?

  1. Water that is cold (correct answer)
  2. Water that is very hot
  3. Steam that gets heavy
Explanation: The text says water turns into ice when it is cold. Very hot water becomes steam, and steam does not turn into ice in the text.