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 19 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.

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Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. 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.Two things happened at once, and a speaker says one caused the other. Ask: "Could something ___ have caused it?"

Choose: never · else · ever

2.A speaker's example is from another country. Ask: "Does that example ___ to our town?"

Choose: sing · swim · apply

3.A speaker relies on one person's story. Ask: "Is that ___ typical?"

Choose: song · shoe · case

4.A speaker's evidence is twenty years old. Ask: "Is there more ___ evidence?"

Choose: recent · colorful · noisy

5.A speaker claims screen time harms sleep. Ask: "What ___ supports that claim?"

Choose: evidence · color · music

6.A speaker makes a claim with no reason. Say: "I heard the claim, but not the ___ behind it."

Choose: weather · music · reasoning

7.A speaker gives a percentage. Ask: "Out of how ___ people?"

Choose: many · much · more

LessonPrint · SL.5.3 · Set 19 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — Question the Support

Set 19. Prints on its own sheet.

1.else
2.apply
3.case
4.recent
5.evidence
6.reasoning
7.many

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to SL.5.3 of the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts.