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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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Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. All 25 sets ask different questions.

Which Reasons Support Which Point

RI.5.8

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Write the letter of the match next to each one.

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Answer key — Which Reasons Support Which Point

Set 5. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Vaccine coverage matters more than availability — A (Protection fails below a threshold of immune people) 2. Railways were more flexible than canals — B (A railway can cross a watershed a canal cannot) 3. The school day should start later — C (Teenage body clocks shift later at puberty) 4. Investment helped some mills survive — D (Firms that re-equipped lasted longer)
  2. 2.1. The best design does not always win — D (Brunel's better gauge lost to the one already in use) 2. Doing one thing at a time is faster — C (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. Climate was not the main reason the Thames froze — A (The river stopped freezing once the old bridge went)

More practice for RI.5.8

Match each reason and piece of evidence to the point it supports.

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to RI.5.8 of the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts.