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Explicit and Inferred is a free printable Grade 5 English worksheet on separating what is stated from what is implied, aligned to Common Core standard RL.5.1. 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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Explicit and Inferred

RL.5.1

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Read the text, then answer the questions.

1.Read the text, then answer the questions.

Pandora

The gods made Pandora and gave her, between them, everything: beauty, skill, a voice, curiosity. They also gave her a jar, and told her not to open it. They did not say what was in it. She kept it for a long time. The story is usually told as though she opened it immediately. She did not. When she did lift the lid, out came sickness, hunger, grief and every trouble that has since been ordinary. She got the lid back on with one thing still inside. That thing was hope. And people have argued for three thousand years about whether keeping it in was a mercy or the cruellest part of all.

  1. 1. Were the gods explicit about what was inside?
  2. 2. What did the gods give Pandora?
  3. 3. Why does the text mention that the gods did not say what was in it?
2.Read the text, then answer the questions.

The Mill: Mr Whately's Account

I did not close the mill. The mill closed. For eleven years I put my own money in. In 1979 I sold my house and moved into the office above the weaving floor, and nobody knew that but my accountant. People say I should have told them earlier. I have thought about that more than they have. If I had said in January that we might not last the year, half the workforce would have left by February, and then we certainly would not have. I held on until the day I could not pay them. Then I told them. I have been told this was cowardice. I would call it arithmetic.

  1. 1. How long did Mr Whately put his own money into the mill?
  2. 2. Why does he say he has thought about it more than they have?
  3. 3. When did he tell the workforce?

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Answer key — Explicit and Inferred

Set 22. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. No — they told her not to open it but did not say what was in it. 2. Beauty, skill, a voice and curiosity — and a jar. 3. Because it shifts responsibility — she could not weigh a risk she was not told about.
  2. 2.1. Eleven years. 2. Because he has lived with the decision, while for them it was one announcement. 3. The day he could not pay them.

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to RL.5.1 of the Common Core State Standards for English language arts.