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Mood from the Words is a free printable Grade 3 English worksheet on working out what an illustration would need to convey, aligned to Common Core standard RL.3.7. It prints 2 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.

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Mood from the Words

RL.3.7

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Read the text, then answer the questions.

1.Read the text, then answer the questions.

The Fox and the Well

A fox leaned too far over a well and fell in. The water was shallow, but the walls were smooth and far too high to climb. He was still sitting there when a goat came by and looked down. "Is the water good?" asked the goat. "The best I have ever tasted," said the fox. "Come down and see." The goat jumped in. The fox climbed onto the goat's back, sprang out, and trotted off. "Wait!" called the goat. "How do I get out?" "You should have thought about that," said the fox, "before you jumped."

  1. 1. What would an illustration of the turning point show?
  2. 2. Where does this story take place?
2.Read the text, then answer the questions.

The Night the Lamp Went Out

Grace's father kept the lighthouse. On the worst night of the winter, the lamp went out. He was ill in bed. Grace was eleven. She carried the oil up ninety-seven steps in the dark, twice, because the can was too heavy to lift full. Her arms shook so much on the second trip that she had to sit down halfway. She trimmed the wick the way she had watched a hundred times. She struck the match on the fourth try. By the time the light swung out across the water, three ships had already turned back. Grace never knew whether she had been in time. She decided not to think about it.

  1. 1. How does the setting make the events harder?
  2. 2. What would an illustration of the middle show, and what mood would it create?

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Answer key — Mood from the Words

Set 3. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. The fox standing on the goat's back, springing for the top of the well. 2. At a well with smooth, high walls and shallow water at the bottom.
  2. 2.1. It is the worst night of the winter, dark, with ninety-seven steps to climb. 2. Grace sitting halfway up the dark stairs with the oil can — exhausted, which is the mood the paragraph carries.

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to RL.3.7 of the Common Core State Standards for English language arts.