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Answer in Full is a free printable Grade 3 English worksheet on giving the elaboration a question asked for, aligned to Common Core standard SL.3.3. It prints 8 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two students 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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Answer in Full

SL.3.3

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1.You are asked, "Why do salmon swim upstream?" Which answer gives proper detail?
  • A.Because they do.
  • B.Salmon swim upstream to lay their eggs in the stream where they hatched.
  • C.Salmon are fish.
2.A friend asks, "How does recycling save energy?" Which answer gives an example?
  • A.It just does.
  • B.Making a can from old cans takes much less energy than making one from new metal.
  • C.Recycling is good.
3.A visitor is asked, "Why do bees dance?" Which answer gives proper detail?
  • A.They just do.
  • B.Bees like to dance.
  • C.A bee dances to show the other bees which way to fly to find flowers.
4.Your teacher asks, "Why is the bridge so strong?" Which answer explains with detail?
  • A.It is made of steel, and its arches spread the weight of the traffic.
  • B.It just is.
  • C.It is a good bridge.
5.A friend asks, "What was the museum like?" Which answer has the most detail?
  • A.We went there.
  • B.It had a whale skeleton that filled a whole room, and we could touch real fossils.
  • C.It was good.
6.The teacher asks, "Why did the plant die?" Which answer explains with evidence?
  • A.It died because we forgot to water it for two weeks and the soil went dry.
  • B.It died.
  • C.Plants die.
7.A speaker is asked, "Why do owls hunt at night?" Which answer gives proper detail?
  • A.Because they do.
  • B.Owls hunt at night because mice and voles come out in the dark, and owls can see well in low light.
  • C.Owls are birds.
8.You are asked, "What happened at the end of the story?" Which answer is fullest?
  • A.At the end, the goat was stuck in the well because he trusted the fox.
  • B.The end.
  • C.Something happened.

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Answer key — Answer in Full

Set 15. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.Salmon swim upstream to lay their eggs in the stream where they hatched.
  2. 2.Making a can from old cans takes much less energy than making one from new metal.
  3. 3.A bee dances to show the other bees which way to fly to find flowers.
  4. 4.It is made of steel, and its arches spread the weight of the traffic.
  5. 5.It had a whale skeleton that filled a whole room, and we could touch real fossils.
  6. 6.It died because we forgot to water it for two weeks and the soil went dry.
  7. 7.Owls hunt at night because mice and voles come out in the dark, and owls can see well in low light.
  8. 8.At the end, the goat was stuck in the well because he trusted the fox.

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to SL.3.3 of the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts.