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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 "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
3.How could you check "The capital city of the country is on the coast"?
  • A.Ask which city is the most fun
  • B.Look at a postcard of a beach
  • C.Find the capital on a map or in an atlas
4.How could you check "The library opens at nine o'clock"?
  • A.Guess from when your friend goes
  • B.Ask whether people like the library
  • C.Read the opening times on the library's notice or website
5.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
6.How could you check "Spiders have eight legs"?
  • A.Guess from a cartoon spider
  • B.Ask a friend what they think
  • C.Look it up in an information book about spiders
7.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
8.How could you check "The plant grew taller after we watered it"?
  • A.Ask whether the plant is pretty
  • B.Compare the measurements in the plant diary
  • C.Guess from how green its leaves are

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Answer key — How Could You Check It?

Set 7. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.Count the names on the class attendance list
  2. 2.Look the word up in a dictionary
  3. 3.Find the capital on a map or in an atlas
  4. 4.Read the opening times on the library's notice or website
  5. 5.Read the store's sales record for Monday
  6. 6.Look it up in an information book about spiders
  7. 7.Look at the class weather chart for last week
  8. 8.Compare the measurements in the plant diary

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