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 4 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.You want detail from a speaker. Ask: "Could you give more ___ about the gears?"
2.You want to link two contributions. Say: "That ___ with what Ada said earlier."
3.You want to come back to the question. Say: "Can we ___ to the original question?"
4.The salmon that ___ upstream do not eat.
Choose: swim · swims · swimming
5.You want to disagree with a reason. Say: "I see it differently ___ the text says otherwise."
6.This is the ___ climb of the three.
Choose: steepest · steeper · steep
LessonPrint · SL.3.6 · Set 4 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Detail and Clarification
Set 4. Prints on its own sheet.
1.detail
2.connects
3.return
4.swim
5.because
6.steepest
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to SL.3.6 of the Common Core State Standards for English language arts.