Persuade or Inform? is a free printable Grade 3 English worksheet on telling a text that tries to persuade from one that gives information, aligned to Common Core standard RI.3.6. 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.
Set 12 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. All 25 sets ask different questions.
Persuade or Inform?
RI.3.6
NameDate
Sort each one into the right box.
1.Sort each one: Tries to persuade or Gives information?
Sort: The bus to the museum leaves from the station every hour., The river flows from the hills down to the sea., Stop wasting paper. Use both sides of every sheet!, Our town needs a new swimming pool, so sign this letter today., Everybody ought to plant a tree this spring., A sunflower's seeds grow in the middle of its flower head.
Tries to persuadeGives information
2.Sort each one: Tries to persuade or Gives information?
Sort: Do not miss the magic show. Buy your tickets now!, Penguins cannot fly, but they are strong swimmers., Our class has twenty-six children and one teacher., Please vote for me as class captain. I will listen to everyone., Frogs lay their eggs in ponds in the spring., Choose Sunny Farm apples. They are the sweetest you can buy!
Tries to persuadeGives information
3.Sort each one: Tries to persuade or Gives information?
Sort: A spider has eight legs and an insect has six., You should switch off lights when you leave a room., Come to the school fair! It will be the best day of the year., Help us save the pond by picking up one piece of litter each day., A honeybee visits hundreds of flowers in one day., Snow is made of tiny crystals of ice.
Tries to persuadeGives information
LessonPrint · RI.3.6 · Set 12 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Persuade or Inform?
Set 12. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. A sunflower's seeds grow in the middle of its flower head. — Gives information 2. Everybody ought to plant a tree this spring. — Tries to persuade 3. Our town needs a new swimming pool, so sign this letter today. — Tries to persuade 4. Stop wasting paper. Use both sides of every sheet! — Tries to persuade 5. The bus to the museum leaves from the station every hour. — Gives information 6. The river flows from the hills down to the sea. — Gives information
2.1. Choose Sunny Farm apples. They are the sweetest you can buy! — Tries to persuade 2. Do not miss the magic show. Buy your tickets now! — Tries to persuade 3. Frogs lay their eggs in ponds in the spring. — Gives information 4. Our class has twenty-six children and one teacher. — Gives information 5. Penguins cannot fly, but they are strong swimmers. — Gives information 6. Please vote for me as class captain. I will listen to everyone. — Tries to persuade
3.1. A honeybee visits hundreds of flowers in one day. — Gives information 2. A spider has eight legs and an insect has six. — Gives information 3. Come to the school fair! It will be the best day of the year. — Tries to persuade 4. Help us save the pond by picking up one piece of litter each day. — Tries to persuade 5. Snow is made of tiny crystals of ice. — Gives information 6. You should switch off lights when you leave a room. — Tries to persuade
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to RI.3.6 of the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts.