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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 Violin in the Loft

Nobody in our family plays anything. So the violin in the loft was a mystery for eleven years. Then Great-Aunt Sylvie came for Christmas and saw the case on the table. She went very quiet. "That was my brother's," she said. "He played in a café in Marseille before the war." She opened it. Three strings had gone, and the bridge lay loose in the bottom of the case. She did not play it. She held it under her chin for about ten seconds, put it back, and closed the lid. Then she asked for more potatoes and did not mention it again.

  1. 1. How long had the violin been a mystery?
  2. 2. Which sentence shows she did not want to talk about it?
  3. 3. Quote the words that show the violin meant something to Sylvie.
  4. 4. What was wrong with the violin?
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. What is the only light in the room?
  2. 2. Which line shows Priya changing her own mind?
  3. 3. Where is this scene set?
  4. 4. Quote the stage direction that tells you Jon is shaken.

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Answer key — Read for Sense

Set 9. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Eleven years. 2. "Then she asked for more potatoes and did not mention it again." 3. "She went very quiet" and "She held it under her chin for about ten seconds". 4. Three strings had gone and the bridge lay loose in the case.
  2. 2.1. A single desk lamp. 2. "Or before Tuesday, and I dusted the empty space." 3. The museum store room, at night. 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.