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 8 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: Is the 2011 account convincing?
Compelling: Why was the promise missed?
Compelling: How long did families actually wait?
Compelling: Who decided where to build?
A.Supporting: What was the wait for a family of five?
B.Supporting: How many homes were built last year?
C.Supporting: What evidence does the author rest on?
D.Supporting: What did the minister say about allocation?
2.Draw a line from each one to its match.
Compelling: What did the country give up for supply?
Compelling: Did candour help the government?
Compelling: Whose voice counted?
Compelling: Was the House divided on principle?
A.Supporting: Where was the poll's sample drawn?
B.Supporting: What did the agreement forbid?
C.Supporting: How did members vote in the division?
D.Supporting: What did the minister admit on air?
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Answer key — Questions That Carry the Weight
Set 8. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Compelling: Is the 2011 account convincing? — C (Supporting: What evidence does the author rest on?) 2. Compelling: Why was the promise missed? — B (Supporting: How many homes were built last year?) 3. Compelling: How long did families actually wait? — A (Supporting: What was the wait for a family of five?) 4. Compelling: Who decided where to build? — D (Supporting: What did the minister say about allocation?)
2.1. Compelling: What did the country give up for supply? — B (Supporting: What did the agreement forbid?) 2. Compelling: Did candour help the government? — D (Supporting: What did the minister admit on air?) 3. Compelling: Whose voice counted? — A (Supporting: Where was the poll's sample drawn?) 4. Compelling: Was the House divided on principle? — C (Supporting: How did members vote in the division?)
More practice for D1.4.3-5
Explain how the smaller questions add up to an answer to the big one.