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Read Accurately for Meaning is a free printable Grade 4 English worksheet on reading a Grade 4 text closely enough to cite it, aligned to Common Core standard RF.4.4. It prints 2 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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Read Accurately for Meaning

RF.4.4

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Read the text, then answer the questions.

1.Read the text, then answer the questions.

The Clock That Was Wrong

The church clock in our village had been four minutes fast for thirty years. Everybody knew. The bus timetable was written around it. Weddings started on it. My grandmother set her oven by it, four minutes back. Then the council paid a specialist to come and correct it. He was there two days. When he left, the clock was exact. Within a month, three people had missed the bus, the choir arrived late twice, and my grandmother burned a cake she had made two hundred times. The vicar wrote to the council. In March they set it four minutes fast again.

  1. 1. Who was paid to correct it?
  2. 2. Which sentence lists what went wrong after the correction?
  3. 3. What happened in March?
  4. 4. Quote the words that show how deeply the village had adapted.
2.Read the text, then answer the questions.

The Lost Ledger

Mr Kaur ran the shop on the corner for forty-one years and never used a till roll. He kept a ledger. Every debt in the village was in it, in pencil, and every settlement crossed out. Nobody ever asked to see it. Nobody ever queried it. When he retired he handed the ledger to his daughter, who was taking over. She found eleven debts outstanding, some six years old, totalling more than she took in a fortnight. She thought about it for a week. Then she went through the book, tore out those pages, and started a new one with a card machine on the counter. She never told him. He never asked.

  1. 1. How long did Mr Kaur run the shop?
  2. 2. Quote the words that show the village trusted the ledger.
  3. 3. Which sentence shows the daughter did not decide quickly?
  4. 4. How many debts were outstanding?

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Answer key — Read Accurately for Meaning

Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. A specialist, paid by the council. 2. "three people had missed the bus, the choir arrived late twice, and my grandmother burned a cake she had made two hundred times". 3. They set it four minutes fast again. 4. "The bus timetable was written around it. Weddings started on it."
  2. 2.1. Forty-one years. 2. "Nobody ever asked to see it. Nobody ever queried it." 3. "She thought about it for a week." 4. Eleven, some six years old.

Questions about Read Accurately for Meaning

What does the Read Accurately for Meaning worksheet cover?

It practises reading a Grade 4 text closely enough to cite it — 2 questions for Grade 4, all on Common Core RF.4.4: Read Grade 4 text accurately, at pace, with expression, correcting yourself as you go. The instruction to pupils is “Read the text, then answer the questions”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.

Which Common Core standard does Read Accurately for Meaning practise?

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.4.4 — RF.4.4, in the Reading: Foundational Skills domain for Grade 4. The published standard reads: “Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.” The worksheet assesses that standard rather than a paraphrase of it.

What age or grade is this worksheet for?

Read Accurately for Meaning is written for Grade 4, typically ages 9-10. It is one of the sheets on RF.4.4, so it suits any pupil working at that standard — including older pupils revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.

Does Read Accurately for Meaning come with an answer key?

Yes. All 2 answers are generated from the same problems as the questions, so the key cannot drift out of step with the sheet. It starts on a fresh sheet of paper, after the questions, so it is not handed out with the class by accident.

How many different versions of Read Accurately for Meaning can I print?

25 — one per pupil, and all 25 ask different questions. Set 1 downloads the whole class as a single PDF. Every version is fixed to its own address, so a sheet printed today holds the same problems when you reopen it next week.

Is Read Accurately for Meaning free to print and photocopy?

Yes. Read Accurately for Meaning, its answer key and its 25 versions are free to print and photocopy for your own class, with no account, no email capture and no subscription at the download step. Please do not resell them or republish them as your own.

Is there a lesson plan to teach RF.4.4?

Yes — “Fluency Across Longer Texts” is a 40-minute Grade 4 plan for RF.4.4, timed section by section, with the misconceptions to expect and an exit ticket. Read Accurately for Meaning is the practice that follows it.

More practice for RF.4.4

Read Grade 4 text accurately, at pace, with expression, correcting yourself as you go.

Teaching this next? Fluency Across Longer Texts is the 40-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to RF.4.4 of the Common Core State Standards for English language arts.