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Summarize the Text is a free printable Grade 4 English worksheet on putting a story's key events in order to summarize it, aligned to Common Core standard RL.4.2. 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 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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Summarize the Text

RL.4.2

NameDate

Number the boxes to show the right order.

1.Number these to summarize "The School Garden."
  • Some students find an empty patch behind the school.
  • Slugs eat half the lettuces.
  • They ask the principal if they can grow vegetables there.
  • They dig, plant seeds and water them every day.
  • They harvest the rest and cook soup for the class.
2.Number these to summarize "The Straw Bridge."
  • Ravi's class is set the task of building a bridge from straws.
  • He studies how real bridges use triangles.
  • His first bridge sags under one book.
  • He rebuilds it with triangles along each side.
  • The new bridge holds six books and wins.

LessonPrint · RL.4.2 · Set 18 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — Summarize the Text

Set 18. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.Correct order: 1, 3, 4, 2, 5
  2. 2.Correct order: 1, 3, 2, 4, 5

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to RL.4.2 of the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts.