Cite What the Text Says is a free printable Grade 4 English worksheet on quoting the text to support an answer, aligned to Common Core standard RI.4.1. It prints 2 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions, 21 of them with 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.
Set 1 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
21 of these 25 sets ask different questions — this skill does not have 25 questions to give. The rest reorder them, so no two pupils have the same paper in front of them.
Cite What the Text Says
RI.4.1
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Read the text, then answer the questions.
1.Read the text, then answer the questions.
The Wolves and the Rivers
Wolves were shot out of Yellowstone by 1926. Fourteen were brought back in 1995.
With no wolves, elk had grazed the valleys freely for seventy years. Young willow and aspen were eaten as soon as they grew.
The wolves killed some elk. More importantly, they changed where elk would stand still. Open valley floors became dangerous, so the elk stopped lingering there.
Willow and aspen grew back along the rivers. Beavers, which need willow, returned. Their dams made ponds.
Roots held the banks. The rivers narrowed, deepened and moved less. Some researchers describe this as wolves changing the shape of rivers, though others argue the effect has been overstated.
1. Quote the words that explain the wolves' most important effect.
2.Read the text, then answer the questions.
The Accidental Photograph
In 1895 Wilhelm Röntgen was working with a covered tube in a darkened room when he noticed a screen across the laboratory glowing.
Something was passing through the cover and crossing the room. He did not know what it was, so he called it X — the unknown.
He spent seven weeks alone in the laboratory testing it. He put wood, rubber and metal in the way. Metal stopped it; the rest did not.
Then he asked his wife to put her hand between the tube and a photographic plate. The picture showed the bones of her hand and her wedding ring.
Within a year, X-rays were being used in hospitals. Röntgen refused to patent them.
1. Quote the words that describe the first X-ray photograph.
LessonPrint · RI.4.1 · Set 1 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Cite What the Text Says
Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. "More importantly, they changed where elk would stand still."
2.1. "The picture showed the bones of her hand and her wedding ring."
Questions about Cite What the Text Says
What does the Cite What the Text Says worksheet cover?
It practises quoting the text to support an answer — 2 questions for Grade 4, all on Common Core RI.4.1: Support what the text states and what it implies with examples from it. The instruction to pupils is “Read the text, then answer the questions”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.
Which Common Core standard does Cite What the Text Says practise?
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.4.1 — RI.4.1, in the Reading: Informational Text domain for Grade 4. The published standard reads: “Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.” The worksheet assesses that standard rather than a paraphrase of it.
What age or grade is this worksheet for?
Cite What the Text Says is written for Grade 4, typically ages 9-10. It is one of the sheets on RI.4.1, so it suits any pupil working at that standard — including older pupils revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.
Does Cite What the Text Says come with an answer key?
Yes. All 2 answers are generated from the same problems as the questions, so the key cannot drift out of step with the sheet. It starts on a fresh sheet of paper, after the questions, so it is not handed out with the class by accident.
How many different versions of Cite What the Text Says can I print?
25 versions, of which 21 ask genuinely different questions — this skill does not have 25 distinct questions to give, so the rest reorder them and no two pupils still share a paper. Set 1 downloads all 25 as one PDF.
Is Cite What the Text Says free to print and photocopy?
Yes. Cite What the Text Says, its answer key and its 25 versions are free to print and photocopy for your own class, with no account, no email capture and no subscription at the download step. Please do not resell them or republish them as your own.
Is there a lesson plan to teach RI.4.1?
Yes — “Inferring From an Information Text” is a 40-minute Grade 4 plan for RI.4.1, timed section by section, with the misconceptions to expect and an exit ticket. Cite What the Text Says is the practice that follows it.
More practice for RI.4.1
Support what the text states and what it implies with examples from it.