Questions That Carry the Weight is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on linking supporting questions to a compelling one, aligned to Common Core standard D1.4.3-5. 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 pupils 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.
Questions That Carry the Weight
D1.4.3-5
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Draw a line from each compelling question to a supporting one.
1.Draw a line from each one to its match.
Compelling: What did the country give up for supply?
Compelling: Was the House divided on principle?
Compelling: Did candour help the government?
Compelling: Who decided where to build?
A.Supporting: How did members vote in the division?
B.Supporting: What did the minister admit on air?
C.Supporting: What did the minister say about allocation?
D.Supporting: What did the agreement forbid?
2.Draw a line from each one to its match.
Compelling: Is the 2011 account convincing?
Compelling: Why was the promise missed?
Compelling: How long did families actually wait?
Compelling: Whose voice counted?
A.Supporting: How many homes were built last year?
B.Supporting: What evidence does the author rest on?
C.Supporting: What was the wait for a family of five?
D.Supporting: Where was the poll's sample drawn?
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Answer key — Questions That Carry the Weight
Set 17. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Compelling: What did the country give up for supply? — D (Supporting: What did the agreement forbid?) 2. Compelling: Was the House divided on principle? — A (Supporting: How did members vote in the division?) 3. Compelling: Did candour help the government? — B (Supporting: What did the minister admit on air?) 4. Compelling: Who decided where to build? — C (Supporting: What did the minister say about allocation?)
2.1. Compelling: Is the 2011 account convincing? — B (Supporting: What evidence does the author rest on?) 2. Compelling: Why was the promise missed? — A (Supporting: How many homes were built last year?) 3. Compelling: How long did families actually wait? — C (Supporting: What was the wait for a family of five?) 4. Compelling: Whose voice counted? — D (Supporting: Where was the poll's sample drawn?)
More practice for D1.4.3-5
Explain how the smaller questions add up to an answer to the big one.