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.
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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.
Our town needs a crossing outside the school
The playground needs more shade
Investment helped some mills survive
The best design does not always win
A.Students left the field early on six hot days last semester
B.Firms that re-equipped lasted longer
C.Brunel's better gauge lost to the one already in use
D.Forty children cross the main road each morning
2.Write the letter of the evidence that supports each point.
Doing one thing at a time is faster
The library should stay open on Saturdays
Railways were more flexible than canals
High taxes encourage smuggling
A.A railway can cross a watershed a canal cannot
B.In experiments, switching made people slower and less accurate
C.Smuggling collapsed when the tea tax was cut in 1784
D.Saturday is its busiest day for borrowing
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Answer key — Which Reasons Support Which Point
Set 25. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Our town needs a crossing outside the school — D (Forty children cross the main road each morning) 2. The playground needs more shade — A (Students left the field early on six hot days last semester) 3. Investment helped some mills survive — B (Firms that re-equipped lasted longer) 4. The best design does not always win — C (Brunel's better gauge lost to the one already in use)
2.1. Doing one thing at a time is faster — B (In experiments, switching made people slower and less accurate) 2. The library should stay open on Saturdays — D (Saturday is its busiest day for borrowing) 3. Railways were more flexible than canals — A (A railway can cross a watershed a canal cannot) 4. High taxes encourage smuggling — C (Smuggling collapsed when the tea tax was cut in 1784)
More practice for RI.5.8
Match each reason and piece of evidence to the point it supports.