Text and Performance is a free printable Grade 4 English worksheet on matching a visual version back to the words, aligned to Common Core standard RL.4.7. It prints 2 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions, 20 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 1 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
20 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.
Text and Performance
RL.4.7
NameDate
Read the text, then answer the questions.
1.Read the text, then answer the questions.
The Water Came Up (told by Nell)
I was the one who said it was nothing.
The river had been over the path before. Twice that winter. Both times it went down by morning, so when Dad started moving the boxes upstairs I told him he was making a fuss.
I went to bed. At two o'clock I woke because my slippers were floating.
Everything after that is in pieces. Dad on the stairs with the cat. Water the colour of tea. The sound the fridge made when it went over.
We sat on the landing until it got light. Nobody said anything about the boxes. That was worse than if they had.
1. Which moment would a picture of this story have to show?
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. Which moment would an illustration of this story show?
LessonPrint · RL.4.7 · Set 1 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Text and Performance
Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Nell waking to find her slippers floating in the dark.
2.1. The daughter at the counter with the open ledger and the new card machine.
Questions about Text and Performance
What does the Text and Performance worksheet cover?
It practises matching a visual version back to the words — 2 questions for Grade 4, all on Common Core RL.4.7: Match a film or performance back to the lines of the text it came from. 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 Text and Performance practise?
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.4.7 — RL.4.7, in the Reading: Literature domain for Grade 4. The published standard reads: “Make connections between the text of a story or drama and a visual or oral presentation of the text, identifying where each version reflects specific descriptions and directions in the text.” The worksheet assesses that standard rather than a paraphrase of it.
What age or grade is this worksheet for?
Text and Performance is written for Grade 4, typically ages 9-10. It is one of the sheets on RL.4.7, so it suits any pupil working at that standard — including older pupils revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.
Does Text and Performance 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 Text and Performance can I print?
25 versions, of which 20 ask genuinely different questions — this skill does not have 25 distinct questions to give, so the rest reorder them and no two pupils still share a paper. Set 1 downloads all 25 as one PDF.
Is Text and Performance free to print and photocopy?
Yes. Text and Performance, 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 RL.4.7?
Yes — “Text and Visual or Oral Presentation” is a 40-minute Grade 4 plan for RL.4.7, timed section by section, with the misconceptions to expect and an exit ticket. Text and Performance is the practice that follows it.
More practice for RL.4.7
Match a film or performance back to the lines of the text it came from.