Question the Reasoning is a free printable Grade 4 English worksheet on asking whether a conclusion follows from the evidence, aligned to Common Core standard SL.4.3. It prints 6 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions, 23 of them with 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.
Set 23 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. 23 of these 25 sets ask different questions — this skill does not have 25 questions to give. The rest reorder them, so no two pupils have the same paper in front of them.
Question the Reasoning
SL.4.3
NameDate
Finish each sentence.
1.You want to disagree with the reasoning. Say: "That does not ___ from what the text said."
2.You want to take a role in the group. Say: "I will ___ the notes for us."
3.The ledger, ___ pages she tore out, was forty-one years old.
Choose: whose · who · that
4.You want to be formal for a presentation. Say: "Today I ___ explain how a lock works."
5.You want to carry on the reasoning. Say: "If that is true, ___ the reef would starve."
6.The clock ___ had been fast for thirty years was corrected.
Choose: that · who · whose
LessonPrint · SL.4.3 · Set 23 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Question the Reasoning
Set 23. Prints on its own sheet.
1.follow
2.take
3.whose
4.shall
5.then
6.that
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to SL.4.3 of the Common Core State Standards for English language arts.