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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: "People doing two tasks alternately take substantially longer." What can you infer?
  • A.People enjoy doing two tasks
  • B.Switching between tasks wastes time
  • C.Experiments about tasks are unreliable
2.A text says: "The river now is narrower, deeper and faster than the one that froze." What can you infer?
  • A.The river froze more often after 1831
  • B.Changes to the river made freezing less likely
  • C.London winters are now tropical
3.A text says: "By the 1770s most tea drunk in Britain had been smuggled." What can you infer about the tax?
  • A.It was too high for most buyers to pay
  • B.It applied only to coffee
  • C.It was too low to matter
4.A text says: "Milkmaids were known not to catch smallpox." What did Jenner infer?
  • A.Milk cures every disease
  • B.Something in their work was protecting them
  • C.Smallpox only affected cattle
5.A text says: "A canal boat carried thirty tons behind one horse, where a cart carried two." What can you infer?
  • A.Carts could travel on water
  • B.Canals moved heavy goods far more cheaply
  • C.Horses preferred pulling carts
6.A text says: "The final conversion took a single weekend and about four thousand men." What can you infer?
  • A.The conversion happened by accident
  • B.Nobody worked on the railway
  • C.The work had been carefully planned
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: "A mill closing often took a town's only employer." What can you infer?
  • A.Mill towns had many large employers
  • B.Closures helped the local stores
  • C.Mill towns were hit very hard by closures

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Answer key — Infer from the Evidence

Set 17. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.Switching between tasks wastes time
  2. 2.Changes to the river made freezing less likely
  3. 3.It was too high for most buyers to pay
  4. 4.Something in their work was protecting them
  5. 5.Canals moved heavy goods far more cheaply
  6. 6.The work had been carefully planned
  7. 7.A toddler may find walking and talking at once harder
  8. 8.Mill towns were hit very hard by closures

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