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How Could You Check It? is a free printable Grade 4 English worksheet on choosing how a stated fact could be verified, aligned to Common Core standard RI.4.8. It prints 8 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two students 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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How Could You Check It?

RI.4.8

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Circle the right answer.

1.How could you check "The store sold forty ice creams on Monday"?
  • A.Guess from how hot Monday was
  • B.Ask a customer if the ice cream was good
  • C.Read the store's sales record for Monday
2.How could you check "Our class has twenty-eight children"?
  • A.Ask a child from another school
  • B.Guess from the noise in the room
  • C.Count the names on the class attendance list
3.How could you check "Spiders have eight legs"?
  • A.Look it up in an information book about spiders
  • B.Guess from a cartoon spider
  • C.Ask a friend what they think
4.How could you check "The town hall was built in 1902"?
  • A.Read the town's history records or the date stone on the hall
  • B.Decide from how old it looks
  • C.Ask someone who likes old buildings
5.How could you check "There are 26 letters in the alphabet"?
  • A.Ask a classmate to guess
  • B.Count the letters in an alphabet chart
  • C.Look at one word
6.How could you check "It rained on five days last week"?
  • A.Look at the class weather chart for last week
  • B.Decide from today's weather
  • C.Ask someone who loves rain
7.How could you check "The word 'enormous' means very large"?
  • A.Guess from its first letter
  • B.Ask whether people like the word
  • C.Look the word up in a dictionary
8.How could you check "The bus leaves at half past three"?
  • A.Wait and hope
  • B.Look at the bus schedule
  • C.Ask a passenger whether they like the bus

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Answer key — How Could You Check It?

Set 12. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.Read the store's sales record for Monday
  2. 2.Count the names on the class attendance list
  3. 3.Look it up in an information book about spiders
  4. 4.Read the town's history records or the date stone on the hall
  5. 5.Count the letters in an alphabet chart
  6. 6.Look at the class weather chart for last week
  7. 7.Look the word up in a dictionary
  8. 8.Look at the bus schedule

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to RI.4.8 of the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts.