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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.Count the names on the class attendance list
  • B.Guess from the noise in the room
  • C.Ask a child from another school
2.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
3.How could you check "The library opens at nine o'clock"?
  • A.Ask whether people like the library
  • B.Read the opening times on the library's notice or website
  • C.Guess from when your friend goes
4.How could you check "There are 26 letters in the alphabet"?
  • A.Count the letters in an alphabet chart
  • B.Look at one word
  • C.Ask a classmate to guess
5.How could you check "The plant grew taller after we watered it"?
  • A.Guess from how green its leaves are
  • B.Ask whether the plant is pretty
  • C.Compare the measurements in the plant diary
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 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
8.How could you check "The river runs through three towns"?
  • A.Ask which town is the nicest
  • B.Follow the river on a map
  • C.Count the bridges you can see from one spot

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Answer key — How Could You Check It?

Set 24. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.Count the names on the class attendance list
  2. 2.Read about whales in a science book
  3. 3.Read the opening times on the library's notice or website
  4. 4.Count the letters in an alphabet chart
  5. 5.Compare the measurements in the plant diary
  6. 6.Look at the class weather chart for last week
  7. 7.Read the store's sales record for Monday
  8. 8.Follow the river on a map

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