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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 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. Why could the fox not climb out?
  3. 3. What happened between the goat jumping in and the fox trotting off?
2.Read the text, then answer the questions.

The Wrong Bus

Halim was two stops past the school before he looked up. The bus was going the other way. He had got on at the same shelter, in the same rain, and never checked the number. His stomach dropped. He thought about crying and decided against it, because it would not help. He read the route map above the window. He worked out that the 41 came back the same way. He rang the bell, got off, crossed at the lights, and waited eleven minutes for the 41. He was twenty minutes late. Mrs Achebe asked what happened. "I got the wrong bus," said Halim, "and then I got the right one."

  1. 1. How late was he?
  2. 2. How far past the school was Halim before he noticed?
  3. 3. Which bus number took him back?

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Answer key — Supporting Details

Set 14. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. He leaned too far over and fell in. 2. The walls were smooth and far too high. 3. The fox climbed onto the goat's back and sprang out of the well.
  2. 2.1. Twenty minutes. 2. Two stops. 3. The 41.

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