Summarise and Paraphrase is a free printable Grade 5 English worksheet on recording a source in your own words, aligned to Common Core standard W.5.8. It prints 2 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions, 15 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.
W.5.8
Write on the lines. Use the checklist.
LessonPrint · W.5.8 · Set 1 · free to copy for classroom use
Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.
It practises recording a source in your own words — 2 questions for Grade 5, all on Common Core W.5.8: Summarise and paraphrase from sources, and list them. The instruction to pupils is “Write on the lines. Use the checklist”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.5.8 — W.5.8, in the Writing domain for Grade 5. The published standard reads: “Recall relevant information from experiences or gather relevant information from print and digital sources; summarize or paraphrase information in notes and finished work, and provide a list of sources.” The worksheet assesses that standard rather than a paraphrase of it.
Summarise and Paraphrase is written for Grade 5, typically ages 10-11. It is one of the sheets on W.5.8, so it suits any pupil working at that standard — including older pupils revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.
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.
25 versions, of which 15 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.
Yes. Summarise and Paraphrase, 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.
Yes — “Summarising, Paraphrasing and Citing” is a 40-minute Grade 5 plan for W.5.8, timed section by section, with the misconceptions to expect and an exit ticket. Summarise and Paraphrase is the practice that follows it.
Summarise and paraphrase from sources, and list them.
Teaching this next? Summarising, Paraphrasing and Citing is the 40-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to W.5.8 of the Common Core State Standards for English language arts.