Quote Accurately is a free printable Grade 5 English worksheet on matching each statement to the exact quotation that proves it, 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 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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Quote Accurately
RL.5.1
NameDate
Write the letter of the match next to each one.
1.Write the letter of the quotation that proves each statement.
Kemi's refusal was a choice, not an inability
Pandora did not open the jar at once
Mr. Whately sees his choice as a matter of numbers
The bell was left unused for decades
A."She kept it for a long time."
B."I would call it arithmetic."
C."It hung in a barn for eighty years."
D."Not could not — would not."
2.Write the letter of the quotation that proves each statement.
The church's stone was carried away and reused
Orpheus's music could move nature itself
Orpheus could not hear Eurydice behind him
People still disagree about what hope means
A."Rivers changed course to listen."
B."People have argued for three thousand years."
C."They took the stone for walls and gateposts."
D."The dead make none."
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Answer key — Quote Accurately
Set 3. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Kemi's refusal was a choice, not an inability — D ("Not could not — would not.") 2. Pandora did not open the jar at once — A ("She kept it for a long time.") 3. Mr. Whately sees his choice as a matter of numbers — B ("I would call it arithmetic.") 4. The bell was left unused for decades — C ("It hung in a barn for eighty years.")
2.1. The church's stone was carried away and reused — C ("They took the stone for walls and gateposts.") 2. Orpheus's music could move nature itself — A ("Rivers changed course to listen.") 3. Orpheus could not hear Eurydice behind him — D ("The dead make none.") 4. People still disagree about what hope means — B ("People have argued for three thousand years.")
More practice for RL.5.1
Quote the text exactly when explaining what it says and what it implies.