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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: "By the 1770s most tea drunk in Britain had been smuggled." What can you infer about the tax?
  • A.It applied only to coffee
  • B.It was too low to matter
  • C.It was too high for most buyers to pay
2.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
3.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.The work had been carefully planned
  • C.Nobody worked on the railway
4.A text says: "Where firms did re-equip, they survived longer." What does this suggest?
  • A.Low wages abroad were not the only cause of closures
  • B.New machines made mills close sooner
  • C.Every mill bought new machines
5.A text says: "Canal companies were bought by railway companies, sometimes in order to close them." What can you infer?
  • A.Canals earned more than railways
  • B.Railway owners wanted more boats
  • C.Railways saw canals as competition
6.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.Adults find walking difficult
  • C.A toddler may find walking and talking at once harder
7.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.Changes to the river made freezing less likely
  • C.The river froze more often after 1831
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

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  1. 1.It was too high for most buyers to pay
  2. 2.Coffee houses were places to share news and ideas
  3. 3.The work had been carefully planned
  4. 4.Low wages abroad were not the only cause of closures
  5. 5.Railways saw canals as competition
  6. 6.A toddler may find walking and talking at once harder
  7. 7.Changes to the river made freezing less likely
  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.