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Questions and Key Details is a free printable Grade 3 English worksheet on answering across a story from its stated details, aligned to Common Core standard RL.3.1. It prints 2 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask 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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Questions and Key Details

RL.3.1

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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. Where does this story take place?
  2. 2. How did the fox get into the well?
  3. 3. How did the fox escape?
  4. 4. Why could the fox not climb out?
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. How far past the school was Halim before he noticed?
  3. 3. How late was he?
  4. 4. Which bus number took him back?

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Answer key — Questions and Key Details

Set 4. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. At a well with smooth, high walls and shallow water at the bottom. 2. He leaned too far over and fell in. 3. He climbed onto the goat's back and sprang out. 4. The walls were smooth and far too high.
  2. 2.1. It is why he got on without checking — the same shelter, the same rain, head down. 2. Two stops. 3. Twenty minutes. 4. The 41.

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to RL.3.1 of the Common Core State Standards for English language arts.