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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 Night the Lamp Went Out

Grace's father kept the lighthouse. On the worst night of the winter, the lamp went out. He was ill in bed. Grace was eleven. She carried the oil up ninety-seven steps in the dark, twice, because the can was too heavy to lift full. Her arms shook so much on the second trip that she had to sit down halfway. She trimmed the wick the way she had watched a hundred times. She struck the match on the fourth try. By the time the light swung out across the water, three ships had already turned back. Grace never knew whether she had been in time. She decided not to think about it.

  1. 1. How many steps did Grace climb?
  2. 2. How many tries did the match take?
  3. 3. Why did she make the trip twice?
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. Recount this fable and explain how the moral is conveyed.
  2. 2. How did the fox get into the well?
  3. 3. Why could the fox not climb out?

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Answer key — Supporting Details

Set 23. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Ninety-seven. 2. Four. 3. The can was too heavy to lift full.
  2. 2.1. 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. 2. He leaned too far over and fell in. 3. The walls were smooth and far too high.

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