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.
The playground needs more shade
Our town needs a crossing outside the school
Bike lanes make roads safer
Investment helped some mills survive
A.Forty children cross the main road each morning
B.Cycling accidents fell after the new lanes opened
C.Students left the field early on six hot days last semester
D.Firms that re-equipped lasted longer
2.Write the letter of the evidence that supports each point.
The best design does not always win
The library should stay open on Saturdays
High taxes encourage smuggling
The school day should start later
A.Teenage body clocks shift later at puberty
B.Smuggling collapsed when the tea tax was cut in 1784
C.Brunel's better gauge lost to the one already in use
D.Saturday is its busiest day for borrowing
LessonPrint · RI.5.8 · Set 4 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Which Reasons Support Which Point
Set 4. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. The playground needs more shade — C (Students left the field early on six hot days last semester) 2. Our town needs a crossing outside the school — A (Forty children cross the main road each morning) 3. Bike lanes make roads safer — B (Cycling accidents fell after the new lanes opened) 4. Investment helped some mills survive — D (Firms that re-equipped lasted longer)
2.1. The best design does not always win — C (Brunel's better gauge lost to the one already in use) 2. The library should stay open on Saturdays — D (Saturday is its busiest day for borrowing) 3. High taxes encourage smuggling — B (Smuggling collapsed when the tea tax was cut in 1784) 4. The school day should start later — A (Teenage body clocks shift later at puberty)
More practice for RI.5.8
Match each reason and piece of evidence to the point it supports.