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Read for Sense is a free printable Grade 3 English worksheet on reading closely enough to answer with evidence, aligned to Common Core standard RF.3.4. 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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Read for Sense

RF.3.4

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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. Quote the words that tell you Anansi was greedy.
  2. 2. Which sentence explains why his legs went thin?
  3. 3. How many webs were tied to Anansi's legs by noon?
  4. 4. What did Anansi ask each neighbour to do?
2.Read the text, then answer the questions.

The Museum Key (a scene from a play)

SCENE TWO. The museum store room. Night. Boxes everywhere. A single desk lamp. PRIYA: (whispering) It was here on Tuesday. On this shelf. JON: You are sure it was this shelf? PRIYA: I dusted it. I am sure. JON: (lifting a lid) Then somebody moved it after Tuesday. PRIYA: Or before Tuesday, and I dusted the empty space. (Pause. JON puts the lid down slowly.) JON: That is worse. PRIYA: I know.

  1. 1. When does Priya say the object was last there?
  2. 2. What is the only light in the room?
  3. 3. Which line shows Priya changing her own mind?
  4. 4. Quote the stage direction that tells you Jon is shaken.

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Answer key — Read for Sense

Set 14. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. "a nose for other people's cooking" and "To each he said the same thing". 2. "The webs pulled so hard that Anansi's legs stretched thin as thread." 3. Eight. 4. Tie a web to his leg and tug it when the food was ready.
  2. 2.1. Tuesday. 2. A single desk lamp. 3. "Or before Tuesday, and I dusted the empty space." 4. "(Pause. JON puts the lid down slowly.)"

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to RF.3.4 of the Common Core State Standards for English language arts.