Which Reasons Support Which Point is a free printable Grade 5 English worksheet on matching each point to the reason or evidence behind it, aligned to Common Core standard RI.5.8. 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.
Set 17 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. All 25 sets ask different questions.
Which Reasons Support Which Point
RI.5.8
NameDate
Write the letter of the match next to each one.
1.Write the letter of the evidence that supports each point.
High taxes encourage smuggling
Doing one thing at a time is faster
Bike lanes make roads safer
Railways were more flexible than canals
A.Smuggling collapsed when the tea tax was cut in 1784
B.Cycling accidents fell after the new lanes opened
C.A railway can cross a watershed a canal cannot
D.In experiments, switching made people slower and less accurate
2.Write the letter of the evidence that supports each point.
The playground needs more shade
The best design does not always win
The school day should start later
Vaccine coverage matters more than availability
A.Protection fails below a threshold of immune people
B.Students left the field early on six hot days last semester
C.Teenage body clocks shift later at puberty
D.Brunel's better gauge lost to the one already in use
LessonPrint · RI.5.8 · Set 17 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Which Reasons Support Which Point
Set 17. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. High taxes encourage smuggling — A (Smuggling collapsed when the tea tax was cut in 1784) 2. Doing one thing at a time is faster — D (In experiments, switching made people slower and less accurate) 3. Bike lanes make roads safer — B (Cycling accidents fell after the new lanes opened) 4. Railways were more flexible than canals — C (A railway can cross a watershed a canal cannot)
2.1. The playground needs more shade — B (Students left the field early on six hot days last semester) 2. The best design does not always win — D (Brunel's better gauge lost to the one already in use) 3. The school day should start later — C (Teenage body clocks shift later at puberty) 4. Vaccine coverage matters more than availability — A (Protection fails below a threshold of immune people)
More practice for RI.5.8
Match each reason and piece of evidence to the point it supports.