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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 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. Where is this scene set?
  2. 2. What is the only light in the room?
  3. 3. What happens after Priya suggests it went missing before Tuesday?
2.Read the text, then answer the questions.

Why Anansi Has Thin Legs

Long ago Anansi the spider had eight fat legs, and a nose for other people's cooking. One morning he smelled beans at Rabbit's house. "Tie a web to my leg," he told Rabbit, "and tug it when the beans are ready." Rabbit agreed. Then Anansi smelled fish at Monkey's, and yams at Guinea Fowl's, and soup at Warthog's. To each he said the same thing. By noon he had eight webs tied to eight legs. At noon every pot was ready at once. Eight tugs came together. The webs pulled so hard that Anansi's legs stretched thin as thread — and he got no dinner at all. They have been thin ever since.

  1. 1. How many webs were tied to Anansi's legs by noon?
  2. 2. What did Anansi ask each neighbour to do?
  3. 3. What happened between Rabbit agreeing and the eight tugs?

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Answer key — Supporting Details

Set 21. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. The museum store room, at night. 2. A single desk lamp. 3. Jon pauses, puts the lid down slowly, and says that is worse.
  2. 2.1. Eight. 2. Tie a web to his leg and tug it when the food was ready. 3. Anansi made the same arrangement with Monkey, Guinea Fowl and Warthog.

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