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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 escape?
  2. 2. Recount this fable and explain how the moral is conveyed.
  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. Recount this story with the key details.
  2. 2. List what Halim did, in order, after he read the map.
  3. 3. How far past the school was Halim before he noticed?

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Answer key — Supporting Details

Set 18. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. He climbed onto the goat's back and sprang out. 2. A trapped fox flattered a goat into jumping in, escaped on his back, and told him he should have thought first — look before you leap. 3. The fox climbed onto the goat's back and sprang out of the well.
  2. 2.1. Halim got on the wrong bus in the rain, noticed two stops on, read the route map, took the 41 back and arrived twenty minutes late. 2. Rang the bell, got off, crossed at the lights, waited eleven minutes, caught the 41. 3. Two stops.

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