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Read for Sense is a free printable Grade 3 English worksheet on using the sense of a sentence to catch and correct a misread word, aligned to Common Core standard RF.3.4. It prints 8 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 18 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.

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Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. All 25 sets ask different questions.

Read for Sense

RF.3.4

NameDate

Choose the word from the box that makes sense.

1.Mr. Ellis kept the returned letters in a ___.

Choose: shoebox · shoelace · shoehorn

2.The boat rose slowly inside the canal ___.

Choose: lock · look · lack

3.The yeast feeds on the sugars in the ___.

Choose: flour · floor · flower

4.The curds are pressed, salted and left to ___.

Choose: age · ago · edge

5.Morse code is made of dots and ___.

Choose: dashes · dishes · dashed

6.Great-Aunt Sylvie held the violin under her ___.

Choose: chin · chain · shin

7.The wind pushes the windmill's ___ round.

Choose: sails · snails · tails

8.Halim waited eleven minutes for the right ___.

Choose: bus · bush · busy

LessonPrint · RF.3.4 · Set 18 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — Read for Sense

Set 18. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.shoebox
  2. 2.lock
  3. 3.flour
  4. 4.age
  5. 5.dashes
  6. 6.chin
  7. 7.sails
  8. 8.bus

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