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 24 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: Was the House divided on principle?
Compelling: How long did families actually wait?
Compelling: Is the 2011 account convincing?
Compelling: Whose voice counted?
A.Supporting: Where was the poll's sample drawn?
B.Supporting: What was the wait for a family of five?
C.Supporting: How did members vote in the division?
D.Supporting: What evidence does the author rest on?
2.Draw a line from each one to its match.
Compelling: Did candour help the government?
Compelling: What did the country give up for supply?
Compelling: Why was the promise missed?
Compelling: Who decided where to build?
A.Supporting: What did the minister say about allocation?
B.Supporting: How many homes were built last year?
C.Supporting: What did the minister admit on air?
D.Supporting: What did the agreement forbid?
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Answer key — Questions That Carry the Weight
Set 24. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Compelling: Was the House divided on principle? — C (Supporting: How did members vote in the division?) 2. Compelling: How long did families actually wait? — B (Supporting: What was the wait for a family of five?) 3. Compelling: Is the 2011 account convincing? — D (Supporting: What evidence does the author rest on?) 4. Compelling: Whose voice counted? — A (Supporting: Where was the poll's sample drawn?)
2.1. Compelling: Did candour help the government? — C (Supporting: What did the minister admit on air?) 2. Compelling: What did the country give up for supply? — D (Supporting: What did the agreement forbid?) 3. Compelling: Why was the promise missed? — B (Supporting: How many homes were built last year?) 4. Compelling: Who decided where to build? — A (Supporting: What did the minister say about allocation?)
More practice for D1.4.3-5
Explain how the smaller questions add up to an answer to the big one.