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Explain a Sequence That Matters is a free printable Grade 5 English worksheet on explaining a process whose order cannot change, aligned to Common Core standard W.5.2. 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 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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Explain a Sequence That Matters

W.5.2

NameDate

Number the boxes to show the right order.

1.Number these to show what happened at Whately's Mill.
  • The council opens a retraining fund in September.
  • He announces the closure on a Friday.
  • The good cotton stops coming in March.
  • Whately funds the mill from his own money.
  • He sells his house in 1979.
2.Number these to show how tea's price fell.
  • Most tea drunk in Britain is smuggled.
  • The government taxes tea heavily.
  • The East India Company holds the monopoly.
  • The tax is cut in 1784.
  • Smuggling collapses almost overnight.

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Answer key — Explain a Sequence That Matters

Set 24. Prints on its own sheet.

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

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to W.5.2 of the Common Core State Standards for English language arts.