Question the Support is a free printable Grade 5 English worksheet on asking whether evidence actually supports the claim, aligned to Common Core standard SL.5.3. It prints 7 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions, 24 of them with 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.
Set 1 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
24 of these 25 sets ask different questions — this skill does not have 25 questions to give. The rest reorder them, so no two students have the same paper in front of them.
Question the Support
SL.5.3
NameDate
Finish each sentence.
1.A speaker gives a number of visitors. Ask: "Is that number for each day or for each ___?"
Choose: color · sound · year
2.A speaker relies on one person's story. Ask: "Is that ___ typical?"
Choose: song · shoe · case
3.A speaker's example is from another country. Ask: "Does that example ___ to our town?"
Choose: sing · swim · apply
4.A speaker's evidence is twenty years old. Ask: "Is there more ___ evidence?"
Choose: recent · colorful · noisy
5.A speaker makes a claim with no reason. Say: "I heard the claim, but not the ___ behind it."
Choose: weather · music · reasoning
6.Two things happened at once, and a speaker says one caused the other. Ask: "Could something ___ have caused it?"
Choose: never · else · ever
7.A speaker claims screen time harms sleep. Ask: "What ___ supports that claim?"
Choose: evidence · color · music
LessonPrint · SL.5.3 · Set 1 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Question the Support
Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.
1.year
2.case
3.apply
4.recent
5.reasoning
6.else
7.evidence
Questions about Question the Support
What does the Question the Support worksheet cover?
It practices asking whether evidence actually supports the claim — 7 questions for Grade 5, all on Common Core SL.5.3: Summarize a speaker's claims and say what supports each one. The instruction to students is “Finish each sentence”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.
Which Common Core standard does Question the Support practice?
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.5.3 — SL.5.3, under Speaking & Listening for Grade 5. The published standard reads: “Summarize the points a speaker makes and explain how each claim is supported by reasons and evidence.” The worksheet assesses that standard rather than a paraphrase of it.
What age or grade is this worksheet for?
Question the Support is written for Grade 5, typically ages 10-11. It is one of the sheets on SL.5.3, so it suits any student working at that standard — including older students revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.
Does Question the Support come with an answer key?
Yes. All 7 answers are generated from the same problems as the questions, so the key cannot drift out of step with the sheet. It starts on a fresh sheet of paper, after the questions, so it is not handed out with the class by accident.
How many different versions of Question the Support can I print?
25 versions, of which 24 ask genuinely different questions — this skill does not have 25 distinct questions to give, so the rest reorder them and no two students still share a paper. Set 1 downloads all 25 as one PDF.
Is Question the Support free to print and photocopy?
Yes. Question the Support, its answer key and its 25 versions are free to print and photocopy for your own class, with no account, no email capture and no subscription at the download step. Please do not resell them or republish them as your own.
More practice for SL.5.3
Summarize a speaker's claims and say what supports each one.