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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Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. All 25 sets ask different questions.
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 grasshopper sang all summer.
Ada made eleven phone calls.
Anansi asked four friends to tie webs to his legs.
Halim never checked the bus number.
A.Every pot pulled him at the same moment.
B.He had no food when winter came.
C.The ninety-two letters were finally mailed.
D.He ended up two stops past the school.
2.Write the letter of what each action led to.
Bear kept his tail in the icy water all night.
The travelers called their pot stone soup.
Great-Aunt Sylvie saw the violin case.
The goat jumped into the well without thinking.
A.The villagers grew curious and added food.
B.The family learned whose violin it was.
C.His tail froze and snapped off.
D.The fox used him as a step to climb out.
3.Write the letter of what each action led to.
The crow dropped pebbles into the pitcher.
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.She ate the bread herself.
C.The water rose high enough to drink.
D.Nobody believed him when the wolf really came.
LessonPrint · RL.3.3 · Set 20 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — How Actions Drive the Story
Set 20. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. The grasshopper sang all summer. — B (He had no food when winter came.) 2. Ada made eleven phone calls. — C (The ninety-two letters were finally mailed.) 3. Anansi asked four friends to tie webs to his legs. — A (Every pot pulled him at the same moment.) 4. Halim never checked the bus number. — D (He ended up two stops past the school.)
2.1. Bear kept his tail in the icy water all night. — C (His tail froze and snapped off.) 2. The travelers called their pot stone soup. — A (The villagers grew curious and added food.) 3. Great-Aunt Sylvie saw the violin case. — B (The family learned whose violin it was.) 4. The goat jumped into the well without thinking. — D (The fox used him as a step to climb out.)
3.1. The crow dropped pebbles into the pitcher. — C (The water rose high enough to drink.) 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. — D (Nobody believed him when the wolf really came.) 4. Little Red Hen did all the work alone. — B (She ate the bread herself.)
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to RL.3.3 of the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts.