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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.Ask a customer if the ice cream was good
  • B.Read the store's sales record for Monday
  • C.Guess from how hot Monday was
2.How could you check "The capital city of the country is on the coast"?
  • A.Look at a postcard of a beach
  • B.Find the capital on a map or in an atlas
  • C.Ask which city is the most fun
3.How could you check "The town hall was built in 1902"?
  • A.Ask someone who likes old buildings
  • B.Read the town's history records or the date stone on the hall
  • C.Decide from how old it looks
4.How could you check "A whale is a mammal, not a fish"?
  • A.Read about whales in a science book
  • B.Ask a friend who has never seen a whale
  • C.Decide from a whale's shape
5.How could you check "There are 26 letters in the alphabet"?
  • A.Ask a classmate to guess
  • B.Look at one word
  • C.Count the letters in an alphabet chart
6.How could you check "The plant grew taller after we watered it"?
  • A.Compare the measurements in the plant diary
  • B.Guess from how green its leaves are
  • C.Ask whether the plant is pretty
7.How could you check "The park path is closed this week"?
  • A.Read the official notice from the park office
  • B.Guess from the weather
  • C.Ask a dog walker what they prefer
8.How could you check "The word 'enormous' means very large"?
  • A.Look the word up in a dictionary
  • B.Guess from its first letter
  • C.Ask whether people like the word

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Answer key — How Could You Check It?

Set 19. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.Read the store's sales record for Monday
  2. 2.Find the capital on a map or in an atlas
  3. 3.Read the town's history records or the date stone on the hall
  4. 4.Read about whales in a science book
  5. 5.Count the letters in an alphabet chart
  6. 6.Compare the measurements in the plant diary
  7. 7.Read the official notice from the park office
  8. 8.Look the word up in a dictionary

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