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Which Feature Would Help? is a free printable Grade 5 English worksheet on choosing the text feature that would answer a question fastest, aligned to Common Core standard RI.5.7. 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.

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Which Feature Would Help?

RI.5.7

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Read the text, then answer the questions.

1.Read the text, then answer the questions.

Can You Do Two Things at Once?

People say they multitask. Mostly they do not. The brain can run two tasks together only if at least one is automatic. Walking and talking works because walking is automatic for an adult. Reading and listening to speech does not, because both need the same language system. What feels like multitasking is usually rapid switching. Each switch costs time — a fraction of a second to disengage and re-engage — and the costs add up. In experiments, people doing two tasks alternately take substantially longer in total than doing them one after the other, and make more errors. They also do not notice. Switching feels efficient because you are busy the whole time. The practical conclusion is unpopular but consistent: for anything demanding, doing one thing at a time is faster.

  1. 1. What would a diagram for this text need to show?
  2. 2. How would a bar chart help a reader of this text?
2.Read the text, then answer the questions.

What Sleep Is For

Sleep is not switching off. Parts of the brain are busier asleep than awake. Two claims are well supported. The first is that sleep consolidates memory: during deep sleep, the day's experiences are replayed and moved from short-term storage into long-term. Interrupt deep sleep and recall of the previous day drops measurably. The second is that sleep clears waste. The spaces between brain cells widen during sleep, and fluid washes through, removing proteins that build up while awake. A third claim — that a particular number of hours suits everybody — is not supported. Need varies with age and between individuals, and self-reported sleep is unreliable. Teenagers are a special case. Their body clocks genuinely shift later at puberty, which is a biological fact rather than a preference, and school start times mostly ignore it.

  1. 1. What would a diagram for this text need to show?
  2. 2. How would subheadings help a reader of this text?

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Answer key — Which Feature Would Help?

Set 14. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Two tasks alternating with a gap at each switch, against the same two done in sequence. 2. It could show total time for alternating tasks against doing them one after another.
  2. 2.1. The widened spaces between brain cells with fluid moving through them. 2. Each claim could be named, so a reader could find the memory claim without rereading.

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to RI.5.7 of the Common Core State Standards for English language arts.