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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 teenagers' body clocks shift later and "school start times mostly ignore it." What can you infer?
  • A.Body clocks never change
  • B.Teenagers prefer early starts
  • C.Many teenagers may be tired in early lessons
3.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
4.A text says: "A mill closing often took a town's only employer." What can you infer?
  • A.Closures helped the local stores
  • B.Mill towns were hit very hard by closures
  • C.Mill towns had many large employers
5.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
6.A text says: "The river now is narrower, deeper and faster than the one that froze." What can you infer?
  • A.London winters are now tropical
  • B.The river froze more often after 1831
  • C.Changes to the river made freezing less likely
7.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.The conversion happened by accident
  • C.Nobody worked on the railway
8.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.Horses preferred pulling carts
  • C.Canals moved heavy goods far more cheaply

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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.Many teenagers may be tired in early lessons
  3. 3.Coffee houses were places to share news and ideas
  4. 4.Mill towns were hit very hard by closures
  5. 5.Low wages abroad were not the only cause of closures
  6. 6.Changes to the river made freezing less likely
  7. 7.The work had been carefully planned
  8. 8.Canals moved heavy goods far more cheaply

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