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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 "Our class has twenty-eight children"?
  • A.Guess from the noise in the room
  • B.Ask a child from another school
  • C.Count the names on the class attendance list
2.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
3.How could you check "The word 'enormous' means very large"?
  • A.Ask whether people like the word
  • B.Look the word up in a dictionary
  • C.Guess from its first letter
4.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
5.How could you check "The bus leaves at half past three"?
  • A.Look at the bus schedule
  • B.Wait and hope
  • C.Ask a passenger whether they like the bus
6.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
7.How could you check "It rained on five days last week"?
  • A.Ask someone who loves rain
  • B.Decide from today's weather
  • C.Look at the class weather chart for last week
8.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

LessonPrint · RI.4.8 · Set 2 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — How Could You Check It?

Set 2. Prints on its own sheet.

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

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