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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 town hall was built in 1902"?
  • A.Decide from how old it looks
  • B.Ask someone who likes old buildings
  • C.Read the town's history records or the date stone on the hall
2.How could you check "The plant grew taller after we watered it"?
  • A.Compare the measurements in the plant diary
  • B.Ask whether the plant is pretty
  • C.Guess from how green its leaves are
3.How could you check "The word 'enormous' means very large"?
  • A.Ask whether people like the word
  • B.Guess from its first letter
  • C.Look the word up in a dictionary
4.How could you check "Spiders have eight legs"?
  • A.Look it up in an information book about spiders
  • B.Ask a friend what they think
  • C.Guess from a cartoon spider
5.How could you check "The river runs through three towns"?
  • A.Follow the river on a map
  • B.Count the bridges you can see from one spot
  • C.Ask which town is the nicest
6.How could you check "Our class has twenty-eight children"?
  • A.Count the names on the class attendance list
  • B.Ask a child from another school
  • C.Guess from the noise in the room
7.How could you check "The store sold forty ice creams on Monday"?
  • A.Read the store's sales record for Monday
  • B.Guess from how hot Monday was
  • C.Ask a customer if the ice cream was good
8.How could you check "A whale is a mammal, not a fish"?
  • A.Decide from a whale's shape
  • B.Read about whales in a science book
  • C.Ask a friend who has never seen a whale

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Answer key — How Could You Check It?

Set 4. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.Read the town's history records or the date stone on the hall
  2. 2.Compare the measurements in the plant diary
  3. 3.Look the word up in a dictionary
  4. 4.Look it up in an information book about spiders
  5. 5.Follow the river on a map
  6. 6.Count the names on the class attendance list
  7. 7.Read the store's sales record for Monday
  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.