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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.

Why Anansi Has Thin Legs

Long ago Anansi the spider had eight fat legs, and a nose for other people's cooking. One morning he smelled beans at Rabbit's house. "Tie a web to my leg," he told Rabbit, "and tug it when the beans are ready." Rabbit agreed. Then Anansi smelled fish at Monkey's, and yams at Guinea Fowl's, and soup at Warthog's. To each he said the same thing. By noon he had eight webs tied to eight legs. At noon every pot was ready at once. Eight tugs came together. The webs pulled so hard that Anansi's legs stretched thin as thread — and he got no dinner at all. They have been thin ever since.

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

The Wrong Bus

Halim was two stops past the school before he looked up. The bus was going the other way. He had got on at the same shelter, in the same rain, and never checked the number. His stomach dropped. He thought about crying and decided against it, because it would not help. He read the route map above the window. He worked out that the 41 came back the same way. He rang the bell, got off, crossed at the lights, and waited eleven minutes for the 41. He was twenty minutes late. Mrs Achebe asked what happened. "I got the wrong bus," said Halim, "and then I got the right one."

  1. 1. How does the rain matter to the story?
  2. 2. What would an illustration of the turning point show?

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Answer key — Mood from the Words

Set 7. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. In a village of neighbours — Rabbit's, Monkey's, Guinea Fowl's and Warthog's houses. 2. Anansi pulled eight ways at once by taut webs — chaotic and comic, matching the tone.
  2. 2.1. It is why he got on without checking — the same shelter, the same rain, head down. 2. Halim standing on the moving bus, reading the route map above the window.

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