Detail and Clarification is a free printable Grade 3 English worksheet on giving the detail a listener actually asked for, aligned to Common Core standard SL.3.6. It prints 6 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 15 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. 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.
Detail and Clarification
SL.3.6
NameDate
Finish each sentence.
1.This is the ___ climb of the three.
Choose: steepest · steeper · steep
2.You want to disagree with a reason. Say: "I see it differently ___ the text says otherwise."
3.Grace carried the oil ___ the ninety-seven steps.
Choose: up · and · but
4.You want detail from a speaker. Ask: "Could you give more ___ about the gears?"
5.The salmon that ___ upstream do not eat.
Choose: swim · swims · swimming
6.Sylvie held the violin, ___ she did not play it.
Choose: but · because · so
LessonPrint · SL.3.6 · Set 15 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Detail and Clarification
Set 15. Prints on its own sheet.
1.steepest
2.because
3.up
4.detail
5.swim
6.but
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to SL.3.6 of the Common Core State Standards for English language arts.