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How Actions Drive the Story is a free printable Grade 3 English worksheet on matching what a character did to what it made happen next, aligned to Common Core standard RL.3.3. It prints 3 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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How Actions Drive the Story

RL.3.3

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Write the letter of the match next to each one.

1.Write the letter of what each action led to.
  • The lion let the mouse go.
  • The goat jumped into the well without thinking.
  • Little Red Hen did all the work alone.
  • The hare stopped for a nap.
  • A.The fox used him as a step to climb out.
  • B.The tortoise won the race.
  • C.The mouse later freed him from the net.
  • D.She ate the bread herself.
2.Write the letter of what each action led to.
  • The grasshopper sang all summer.
  • The travelers called their pot stone soup.
  • Bear kept his tail in the icy water all night.
  • The boy cried wolf when there was no wolf.
  • A.His tail froze and snapped off.
  • B.The villagers grew curious and added food.
  • C.Nobody believed him when the wolf really came.
  • D.He had no food when winter came.
3.Write the letter of what each action led to.
  • Great-Aunt Sylvie saw the violin case.
  • The crow dropped pebbles into the pitcher.
  • Halim never checked the bus number.
  • Anansi asked four friends to tie webs to his legs.
  • A.The family learned whose violin it was.
  • B.He ended up two stops past the school.
  • C.Every pot pulled him at the same moment.
  • D.The water rose high enough to drink.

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Answer key — How Actions Drive the Story

Set 11. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. The lion let the mouse go. — C (The mouse later freed him from the net.) 2. The goat jumped into the well without thinking. — A (The fox used him as a step to climb out.) 3. Little Red Hen did all the work alone. — D (She ate the bread herself.) 4. The hare stopped for a nap. — B (The tortoise won the race.)
  2. 2.1. The grasshopper sang all summer. — D (He had no food when winter came.) 2. The travelers called their pot stone soup. — B (The villagers grew curious and added food.) 3. Bear kept his tail in the icy water all night. — A (His tail froze and snapped off.) 4. The boy cried wolf when there was no wolf. — C (Nobody believed him when the wolf really came.)
  3. 3.1. Great-Aunt Sylvie saw the violin case. — A (The family learned whose violin it was.) 2. The crow dropped pebbles into the pitcher. — D (The water rose high enough to drink.) 3. Halim never checked the bus number. — B (He ended up two stops past the school.) 4. Anansi asked four friends to tie webs to his legs. — C (Every pot pulled him at the same moment.)

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