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 6 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: How long did families actually wait?
Compelling: Was the House divided on principle?
Compelling: Why was the promise missed?
Compelling: What did the country give up for supply?
A.Supporting: What did the agreement forbid?
B.Supporting: How many homes were built last year?
C.Supporting: What was the wait for a family of five?
D.Supporting: How did members vote in the division?
2.Draw a line from each one to its match.
Compelling: Whose voice counted?
Compelling: Who decided where to build?
Compelling: Is the 2011 account convincing?
Compelling: Did candour help the government?
A.Supporting: Where was the poll's sample drawn?
B.Supporting: What evidence does the author rest on?
C.Supporting: What did the minister say about allocation?
D.Supporting: What did the minister admit on air?
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Answer key — Questions That Carry the Weight
Set 6. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Compelling: How long did families actually wait? — C (Supporting: What was the wait for a family of five?) 2. Compelling: Was the House divided on principle? — D (Supporting: How did members vote in the division?) 3. Compelling: Why was the promise missed? — B (Supporting: How many homes were built last year?) 4. Compelling: What did the country give up for supply? — A (Supporting: What did the agreement forbid?)
2.1. Compelling: Whose voice counted? — A (Supporting: Where was the poll's sample drawn?) 2. Compelling: Who decided where to build? — C (Supporting: What did the minister say about allocation?) 3. Compelling: Is the 2011 account convincing? — B (Supporting: What evidence does the author rest on?) 4. Compelling: Did candour help the government? — D (Supporting: What did the minister admit on air?)
More practice for D1.4.3-5
Explain how the smaller questions add up to an answer to the big one.