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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 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
2.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
3.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.Ask someone who likes old buildings
  • C.Decide from how old it looks
4.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
5.How could you check "The river runs through three towns"?
  • A.Count the bridges you can see from one spot
  • B.Follow the river on a map
  • C.Ask which town is the nicest
6.How could you check "The store sold forty ice creams on Monday"?
  • A.Read the store's sales record for Monday
  • B.Ask a customer if the ice cream was good
  • C.Guess from how hot Monday was
7.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
8.How could you check "There are 26 letters in the alphabet"?
  • A.Look at one word
  • B.Count the letters in an alphabet chart
  • C.Ask a classmate to guess

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Answer key — How Could You Check It?

Set 3. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.Look at the bus schedule
  2. 2.Read the opening times on the library's notice or website
  3. 3.Read the town's history records or the date stone on the hall
  4. 4.Find the capital on a map or in an atlas
  5. 5.Follow the river on a map
  6. 6.Read the store's sales record for Monday
  7. 7.Read about whales in a science book
  8. 8.Count the letters in an alphabet chart

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