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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.

The Mill: Ivy Sallow's Account

We knew by the thread. You cannot work a loom for twenty-two years and not notice when the good cotton stops coming. From about the March, it was the cheap stuff, and it broke. So we knew something. What we did not know was how long we had, and that is the part I mind. I could have been looking. My sister found work in Derby that spring and asked me twice. I said the mill would see me out. He stood on a crate on the Friday and told us. Somebody asked how long he had known. He said he would rather not say. That was the answer, really.

  1. 1. Why does Ivy say "I could have been looking"?
  2. 2. What told the workers something was wrong?
  3. 3. What did Ivy tell her sister?
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. Why does he say he has thought about it more than they have?
  2. 2. What did he do in 1979?
  3. 3. How long did Mr Whately put his own money into the mill?

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Answer key — Explicit and Inferred

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  1. 1.1. She is accepting part of the responsibility, which makes the rest of her complaint stronger. 2. The good cotton stopped coming and the cheap thread broke. 3. That the mill would see her out.
  2. 2.1. Because he has lived with the decision, while for them it was one announcement. 2. Sold his house and moved into the office above the weaving floor. 3. Eleven years.

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