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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. Recount this fable and explain how the moral is conveyed.
  2. 2. How did the fox get into the well?
  3. 3. How did the fox escape?
2.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. When does Priya say the object was last there?
  2. 2. What happens after Priya suggests it went missing before Tuesday?
  3. 3. Where is this scene set?

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Answer key — Supporting Details

Set 25. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. 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. He climbed onto the goat's back and sprang out.
  2. 2.1. Tuesday. 2. Jon pauses, puts the lid down slowly, and says that is worse. 3. The museum store room, at night.

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