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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 teenagers' body clocks shift later and "school start times mostly ignore it." What can you infer?
  • A.Body clocks never change
  • B.Many teenagers may be tired in early lessons
  • C.Teenagers prefer early starts
2.A text says: "Self-reported sleep is unreliable." What can you infer about sleep research?
  • A.People always remember their sleep correctly
  • B.Everyone needs exactly eight hours
  • C.Researchers need to measure sleep rather than just ask
3.A text says: "The coffee house became somewhere to read newspapers and argue." What can you infer?
  • A.Coffee houses were places to share news and ideas
  • B.Coffee houses were kept silent
  • C.Newspapers were banned there
4.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
5.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
6.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
7.A text says: "Where firms did re-equip, they survived longer." What does this suggest?
  • A.New machines made mills close sooner
  • B.Every mill bought new machines
  • C.Low wages abroad were not the only cause of closures
8.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

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Answer key — Infer from the Evidence

Set 2. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.Many teenagers may be tired in early lessons
  2. 2.Researchers need to measure sleep rather than just ask
  3. 3.Coffee houses were places to share news and ideas
  4. 4.Canals moved heavy goods far more cheaply
  5. 5.The work had been carefully planned
  6. 6.Changes to the river made freezing less likely
  7. 7.Low wages abroad were not the only cause of closures
  8. 8.It was too high for most buyers to pay

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