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Supporting Details is a free printable Grade 3 English worksheet on holding on to the details that support an idea, aligned to Common Core standard SL.3.2. 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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Supporting Details

SL.3.2

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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. What did Sylvie do between opening the case and closing the lid?
  2. 2. How long had the violin been a mystery?
  3. 3. Recount this story with the key details.
2.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. Why could the fox not climb out?
  2. 2. How did the fox get into the well?
  3. 3. How did the fox escape?

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Answer key — Supporting Details

Set 13. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. She held the violin under her chin for about ten seconds. 2. Eleven years. 3. A violin sat unexplained in the loft for eleven years until Great-Aunt Sylvie recognised it as her brother's, held it briefly, and put it back.
  2. 2.1. The walls were smooth and far too high. 2. He leaned too far over and fell in. 3. He climbed onto the goat's back and sprang out.

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to SL.3.2 of the Common Core State Standards for English language arts.