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Naming the Structure is a free printable Grade 4 English worksheet on identifying chronology, comparison, cause or problem-solution, aligned to Common Core standard RI.4.5. 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 pupils 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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Naming the Structure

RI.4.5

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1.Which words signal cause and effect?
  • A.because, so, therefore
  • B.unlike, whereas
  • C.first, next, finally
2.A text tells you what happened in 1928, then 1938, then 1944. What structure is that?
  • A.Problem and solution
  • B.Chronology
  • C.Comparison
3.A text describes a lichen and then a coral, listing what is alike. What structure is that?
  • A.Chronology
  • B.Cause and effect
  • C.Comparison
4.A text can change structure partway through. True or false?
  • A.False, one text has one structure
  • B.True — a chronological text can end with a comparison
  • C.False, only textbooks do that
5.Which words signal comparison?
  • A.because, therefore
  • B.then, afterwards
  • C.unlike, whereas, similarly
6.A text says longitude could not be measured, then explains how Harrison solved it. What structure is that?
  • A.Problem and solution
  • B.Comparison
  • C.Chronology
7.Why does the structure of a text matter to a reader?
  • A.It decides the font
  • B.It tells you how the ideas relate, not just what they are
  • C.It makes the text shorter
8.Which structure would suit a text on two ways of measuring pollution?
  • A.Comparison
  • B.Chronology
  • C.Cause and effect

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Answer key — Naming the Structure

Set 6. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.because, so, therefore
  2. 2.Chronology
  3. 3.Comparison
  4. 4.True — a chronological text can end with a comparison
  5. 5.unlike, whereas, similarly
  6. 6.Problem and solution
  7. 7.It tells you how the ideas relate, not just what they are
  8. 8.Comparison

More practice for RI.4.5

Name the structure a text uses: time order, comparison, cause or problem-solution.

Teaching this next? How a Text Is Organised is the 40-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to RI.4.5 of the Common Core State Standards for English language arts.