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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: "Self-reported sleep is unreliable." What can you infer about sleep research?
  • A.People always remember their sleep correctly
  • B.Researchers need to measure sleep rather than just ask
  • C.Everyone needs exactly eight hours
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.Railway owners wanted more boats
  • C.Canals earned more than railways
3.A text says: "Walking and talking works because walking is automatic for an adult." What can you infer about a toddler?
  • A.A toddler may find walking and talking at once harder
  • B.A toddler cannot talk at all
  • C.Adults find walking difficult
4.A text says: "A canal boat carried thirty tons behind one horse, where a cart carried two." What can you infer?
  • A.Canals moved heavy goods far more cheaply
  • B.Horses preferred pulling carts
  • C.Carts could travel on water
5.A text says teenagers' body clocks shift later and "school start times mostly ignore it." What can you infer?
  • A.Teenagers prefer early starts
  • B.Many teenagers may be tired in early lessons
  • C.Body clocks never change
6.A text says: "People doing two tasks alternately take substantially longer." What can you infer?
  • A.Switching between tasks wastes time
  • B.People enjoy doing two tasks
  • C.Experiments about tasks are unreliable
7.A text says: "The river now is narrower, deeper and faster than the one that froze." What can you infer?
  • A.Changes to the river made freezing less likely
  • B.London winters are now tropical
  • C.The river froze more often after 1831
8.A text says: "The coffee house became somewhere to read newspapers and argue." What can you infer?
  • A.Coffee houses were kept silent
  • B.Coffee houses were places to share news and ideas
  • C.Newspapers were banned there

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Answer key — Infer from the Evidence

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  1. 1.Researchers need to measure sleep rather than just ask
  2. 2.Railways saw canals as competition
  3. 3.A toddler may find walking and talking at once harder
  4. 4.Canals moved heavy goods far more cheaply
  5. 5.Many teenagers may be tired in early lessons
  6. 6.Switching between tasks wastes time
  7. 7.Changes to the river made freezing less likely
  8. 8.Coffee houses were places to share news and ideas

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