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 20 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.
Railways were more flexible than canals
Bike lanes make roads safer
Vaccine coverage matters more than availability
Doing one thing at a time is faster
A.In experiments, switching made people slower and less accurate
B.Protection fails below a threshold of immune people
C.A railway can cross a watershed a canal cannot
D.Cycling accidents fell after the new lanes opened
2.Write the letter of the evidence that supports each point.
High taxes encourage smuggling
Reading aloud helps younger students
The library should stay open on Saturdays
Our town needs a crossing outside the school
A.Saturday is its busiest day for borrowing
B.Smuggling collapsed when the tea tax was cut in 1784
C.Forty children cross the main road each morning
D.Students in the reading club improved their scores most
LessonPrint · RI.5.8 · Set 20 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Which Reasons Support Which Point
Set 20. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Railways were more flexible than canals — C (A railway can cross a watershed a canal cannot) 2. Bike lanes make roads safer — D (Cycling accidents fell after the new lanes opened) 3. Vaccine coverage matters more than availability — B (Protection fails below a threshold of immune people) 4. Doing one thing at a time is faster — A (In experiments, switching made people slower and less accurate)
2.1. High taxes encourage smuggling — B (Smuggling collapsed when the tea tax was cut in 1784) 2. Reading aloud helps younger students — D (Students in the reading club improved their scores most) 3. The library should stay open on Saturdays — A (Saturday is its busiest day for borrowing) 4. Our town needs a crossing outside the school — C (Forty children cross the main road each morning)
More practice for RI.5.8
Match each reason and piece of evidence to the point it supports.