Quote Accurately is a free printable Grade 5 English worksheet on quoting the exact words that support an answer, aligned to Common Core standard RL.5.1. It prints 2 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions, 24 of them with different questions, so no two pupils 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 pupils have the same paper in front of them.
Quote Accurately
RL.5.1
NameDate
Read the text, then answer the questions.
1.Read the text, then answer the questions.
The Refusal
The rule was that everyone in Year Six performed at the leavers' assembly.
Kemi told Mr Adeyemi she would not. Not could not — would not.
He asked why. She said that if she explained, he would try to solve it, and it was not a problem to be solved. It was a decision.
He could have made her. Instead he asked whether she would run the sound desk, which nobody had volunteered for and which meant she would be there for every rehearsal.
She said yes.
At the assembly she was at the back, in the dark, and every cue was perfect. Her mother asked afterwards why she had not been in it. Kemi said she had been.
1. Quote accurately the distinction Kemi draws in the second paragraph.
2. Quote the words in which Kemi refuses to explain.
2.Read the text, then answer the questions.
The Mill: Ivy Sallow's Account
We knew by the thread.
You cannot work a loom for twenty-two years and not notice when the good cotton stops coming. From about the March, it was the cheap stuff, and it broke.
So we knew something. What we did not know was how long we had, and that is the part I mind.
I could have been looking. My sister found work in Derby that spring and asked me twice. I said the mill would see me out.
He stood on a crate on the Friday and told us. Somebody asked how long he had known. He said he would rather not say. That was the answer, really.
1. Quote the exchange that closes the account.
2. Quote accurately the words in which Ivy states her grievance.
LessonPrint · RL.5.1 · Set 1 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Quote Accurately
Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. "Not could not — would not." 2. "if she explained, he would try to solve it, and it was not a problem to be solved. It was a decision."
2.1. "Somebody asked how long he had known. He said he would rather not say." 2. "What we did not know was how long we had, and that is the part I mind."
Questions about Quote Accurately
What does the Quote Accurately worksheet cover?
It practises quoting the exact words that support an answer — 2 questions for Grade 5, all on Common Core RL.5.1: Quote the text exactly when explaining what it says and what it implies. The instruction to pupils is “Read the text, then answer the questions”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.
Which Common Core standard does Quote Accurately practise?
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.1 — RL.5.1, in the Reading: Literature domain for Grade 5. The published standard reads: “Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.” The worksheet assesses that standard rather than a paraphrase of it.
What age or grade is this worksheet for?
Quote Accurately is written for Grade 5, typically ages 10-11. It is one of the sheets on RL.5.1, so it suits any pupil working at that standard — including older pupils revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.
Does Quote Accurately come with an answer key?
Yes. All 2 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 Quote Accurately 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 pupils still share a paper. Set 1 downloads all 25 as one PDF.
Is Quote Accurately free to print and photocopy?
Yes. Quote Accurately, 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.
Is there a lesson plan to teach RL.5.1?
Yes — “Quoting Accurately to Support Inference” is a 40-minute Grade 5 plan for RL.5.1, timed section by section, with the misconceptions to expect and an exit ticket. Quote Accurately is the practice that follows it.
More practice for RL.5.1
Quote the text exactly when explaining what it says and what it implies.