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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: "Neither plant grows in Britain." What can you infer about tea and coffee?
  • A.Both were banned in Britain
  • B.Both had to be brought from abroad
  • C.Both grew in London gardens
2.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
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.Nobody worked on the railway
  • C.The work had been carefully planned
4.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
5.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 kept silent
  • C.Coffee houses were places to share news and ideas
6.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
7.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
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 was too low to matter
  • C.It applied only to coffee

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Answer key — Infer from the Evidence

Set 8. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.Both had to be brought from abroad
  2. 2.Switching between tasks wastes time
  3. 3.The work had been carefully planned
  4. 4.Mill towns were hit very hard by closures
  5. 5.Coffee houses were places to share news and ideas
  6. 6.Canals moved heavy goods far more cheaply
  7. 7.Something in their work was protecting them
  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.