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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.

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. How did the fox get into the well?
  2. 2. How did the fox escape?
  3. 3. Quote the words the fox uses to tempt the goat.
  4. 4. Which line shows the fox never meant to help the goat?
2.Read the text, then answer the questions.

The Last Letter

Every Thursday for six years, Mr Ellis posted a letter to his sister in Canada. Then the letters started coming back. Address unknown. He kept writing them anyway. He put them in a shoebox instead of the postbox. When his neighbour Ada asked why, he said, "Because the day I stop writing is the day she is really gone." Ada went home and looked up the town on a map. It took her three weeks and eleven phone calls to find the new address. The shoebox held ninety-two letters. They posted them all on the same day.

  1. 1. Where did he put the letters once they came back?
  2. 2. Quote the words Mr Ellis gives as his reason for still writing.
  3. 3. Which sentence shows how much work Ada put in?
  4. 4. How often did Mr Ellis write to his sister?

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Answer key — Read for Sense

Set 4. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. He leaned too far over and fell in. 2. He climbed onto the goat's back and sprang out. 3. "The best I have ever tasted. Come down and see." 4. "You should have thought about that before you jumped."
  2. 2.1. In a shoebox. 2. "Because the day I stop writing is the day she is really gone." 3. "It took her three weeks and eleven phone calls to find the new address." 4. Every Thursday.

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