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

One paper per student

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

Choose: song · shoe · case

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

Choose: weather · music · reasoning

3.Summing up a talk: "Your first claim was supported by the survey, and your ___ claim by the interview."

Choose: second · loudest · tallest

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

Choose: many · much · more

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

Choose: sing · swim · apply

6.A speaker cites one study. Ask: "Have other studies ___ the same thing?"

Choose: painted · found · eaten

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

Choose: evidence · color · music

LessonPrint · SL.5.3 · Set 20 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — Question the Support

Set 20. Prints on its own sheet.

1.case
2.reasoning
3.second
4.many
5.apply
6.found
7.evidence

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