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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.Ask a child from another school
  • B.Guess from the noise in the room
  • C.Count the names on the class attendance list
2.How could you check "It rained on five days last week"?
  • A.Decide from today's weather
  • B.Ask someone who loves rain
  • C.Look at the class weather chart for last week
3.How could you check "The capital city of the country is on the coast"?
  • A.Look at a postcard of a beach
  • B.Ask which city is the most fun
  • C.Find the capital on a map or in an atlas
4.How could you check "Spiders have eight legs"?
  • A.Ask a friend what they think
  • B.Guess from a cartoon spider
  • C.Look it up in an information book about spiders
5.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
6.How could you check "The park path is closed this week"?
  • A.Guess from the weather
  • B.Read the official notice from the park office
  • C.Ask a dog walker what they prefer
7.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
8.How could you check "A whale is a mammal, not a fish"?
  • A.Ask a friend who has never seen a whale
  • B.Decide from a whale's shape
  • C.Read about whales in a science book

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Answer key — How Could You Check It?

Set 20. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.Count the names on the class attendance list
  2. 2.Look at the class weather chart for last week
  3. 3.Find the capital on a map or in an atlas
  4. 4.Look it up in an information book about spiders
  5. 5.Look the word up in a dictionary
  6. 6.Read the official notice from the park office
  7. 7.Read the town's history records or the date stone on the hall
  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.