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
NameDate
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.
Grace carried the oil up the steps herself.
The boy cried wolf when there was no wolf.
Little Red Hen did all the work alone.
A.The lighthouse lamp was lit again.
B.The mouse later freed him from the net.
C.Nobody believed him when the wolf really came.
D.She ate the bread herself.
2.Write the letter of what each action led to.
The grasshopper sang all summer.
Ada made eleven phone calls.
The travelers called their pot stone soup.
Bear kept his tail in the icy water all night.
A.He had no food when winter came.
B.The ninety-two letters were finally mailed.
C.His tail froze and snapped off.
D.The villagers grew curious and added food.
3.Write the letter of what each action led to.
Anansi asked four friends to tie webs to his legs.
The crow dropped pebbles into the pitcher.
Great-Aunt Sylvie saw the violin case.
Halim never checked the bus number.
A.Every pot pulled him at the same moment.
B.The water rose high enough to drink.
C.The family learned whose violin it was.
D.He ended up two stops past the school.
LessonPrint · RL.3.3 · Set 16 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — How Actions Drive the Story
Set 16. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. The lion let the mouse go. — B (The mouse later freed him from the net.) 2. Grace carried the oil up the steps herself. — A (The lighthouse lamp was lit again.) 3. The boy cried wolf when there was no wolf. — C (Nobody believed him when the wolf really came.) 4. Little Red Hen did all the work alone. — D (She ate the bread herself.)
2.1. The grasshopper sang all summer. — A (He had no food when winter came.) 2. Ada made eleven phone calls. — B (The ninety-two letters were finally mailed.) 3. The travelers called their pot stone soup. — D (The villagers grew curious and added food.) 4. Bear kept his tail in the icy water all night. — C (His tail froze and snapped off.)
3.1. Anansi asked four friends to tie webs to his legs. — A (Every pot pulled him at the same moment.) 2. The crow dropped pebbles into the pitcher. — B (The water rose high enough to drink.) 3. Great-Aunt Sylvie saw the violin case. — C (The family learned whose violin it was.) 4. Halim never checked the bus number. — D (He ended up two stops past the school.)
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to RL.3.3 of the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts.