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Infer from the Evidence is a free printable Grade 5 English worksheet on choosing the conclusion a quoted piece of evidence supports, aligned to Common Core standard RI.5.1. It prints 8 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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Infer from the Evidence

RI.5.1

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Circle the right answer.

1.A text says: "The coffee house became somewhere to read newspapers and argue." What can you infer?
  • A.Newspapers were banned there
  • B.Coffee houses were places to share news and ideas
  • C.Coffee houses were kept silent
2.A text says: "Canal companies were bought by railway companies, sometimes in order to close them." What can you infer?
  • A.Railways saw canals as competition
  • B.Canals earned more than railways
  • C.Railway owners wanted more boats
3.A text says: "Self-reported sleep is unreliable." What can you infer about sleep research?
  • A.Everyone needs exactly eight hours
  • B.Researchers need to measure sleep rather than just ask
  • C.People always remember their sleep correctly
4.A text says: "Milkmaids were known not to catch smallpox." What did Jenner infer?
  • A.Something in their work was protecting them
  • B.Smallpox only affected cattle
  • C.Milk cures every disease
5.A text says: "People doing two tasks alternately take substantially longer." What can you infer?
  • A.Experiments about tasks are unreliable
  • B.People enjoy doing two tasks
  • C.Switching between tasks wastes time
6.A text says: "The final conversion took a single weekend and about four thousand men." What can you infer?
  • A.The work had been carefully planned
  • B.Nobody worked on the railway
  • C.The conversion happened by accident
7.A text says: "Walking and talking works because walking is automatic for an adult." What can you infer about a toddler?
  • A.A toddler cannot talk at all
  • B.A toddler may find walking and talking at once harder
  • C.Adults find walking difficult
8.A text says: "Where firms did re-equip, they survived longer." What does this suggest?
  • A.Every mill bought new machines
  • B.Low wages abroad were not the only cause of closures
  • C.New machines made mills close sooner

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Answer key — Infer from the Evidence

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  1. 1.Coffee houses were places to share news and ideas
  2. 2.Railways saw canals as competition
  3. 3.Researchers need to measure sleep rather than just ask
  4. 4.Something in their work was protecting them
  5. 5.Switching between tasks wastes time
  6. 6.The work had been carefully planned
  7. 7.A toddler may find walking and talking at once harder
  8. 8.Low wages abroad were not the only cause of closures

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to RI.5.1 of the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts.