Answer with the Text is a free printable Grade 3 English worksheet on answering a question by quoting the words that prove it, aligned to Common Core standard RL.3.1. It prints 2 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions, 24 of them with 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 1 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
24 of these 25 sets ask different questions — this skill does not have 25 questions to give. The rest reorder them, so no two pupils have the same paper in front of them.
Answer with the Text
RL.3.1
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Read the text, then answer the questions.
1.Read the text, then answer the questions.
The Violin in the Loft
Nobody in our family plays anything. So the violin in the loft was a mystery for eleven years.
Then Great-Aunt Sylvie came for Christmas and saw the case on the table. She went very quiet.
"That was my brother's," she said. "He played in a café in Marseille before the war."
She opened it. Three strings had gone, and the bridge lay loose in the bottom of the case.
She did not play it. She held it under her chin for about ten seconds, put it back, and closed the lid. Then she asked for more potatoes and did not mention it again.
1. Which sentence shows she did not want to talk about it?
2. Quote the words that show the violin meant something to Sylvie.
2.Read the text, then answer the questions.
The Night the Lamp Went Out
Grace's father kept the lighthouse. On the worst night of the winter, the lamp went out.
He was ill in bed. Grace was eleven.
She carried the oil up ninety-seven steps in the dark, twice, because the can was too heavy to lift full. Her arms shook so much on the second trip that she had to sit down halfway.
She trimmed the wick the way she had watched a hundred times. She struck the match on the fourth try.
By the time the light swung out across the water, three ships had already turned back. Grace never knew whether she had been in time. She decided not to think about it.
1. Which sentence tells you Grace had watched the job before?
2. Quote the words that show how hard the climb was.
LessonPrint · RL.3.1 · Set 1 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Answer with the Text
Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. "Then she asked for more potatoes and did not mention it again." 2. "She went very quiet" and "She held it under her chin for about ten seconds".
2.1. "She trimmed the wick the way she had watched a hundred times." 2. "Her arms shook so much on the second trip that she had to sit down halfway."
Questions about Answer with the Text
What does the Answer with the Text worksheet cover?
It practises answering a question by quoting the words that prove it — 2 questions for Grade 3, all on Common Core RL.3.1: Answer questions about a story by pointing at the words that prove it. The instruction to pupils is “Read the text, then answer the questions”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.
Which Common Core standard does Answer with the Text practise?
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.3.1 — RL.3.1, in the Reading: Literature domain for Grade 3. The published standard reads: “Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.” The worksheet assesses that standard rather than a paraphrase of it.
What age or grade is this worksheet for?
Answer with the Text is written for Grade 3, typically ages 8-9. It is one of the sheets on RL.3.1, so it suits any pupil working at that standard — including older pupils revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.
Does Answer with the Text come with an answer key?
Yes. All 2 answers are generated from the same problems as the questions, so the key cannot drift out of step with the sheet. It starts on a fresh sheet of paper, after the questions, so it is not handed out with the class by accident.
How many different versions of Answer with the Text can I print?
25 versions, of which 24 ask genuinely different questions — this skill does not have 25 distinct questions to give, so the rest reorder them and no two pupils still share a paper. Set 1 downloads all 25 as one PDF.
Is Answer with the Text free to print and photocopy?
Yes. Answer with the Text, its answer key and its 25 versions are free to print and photocopy for your own class, with no account, no email capture and no subscription at the download step. Please do not resell them or republish them as your own.
Is there a lesson plan to teach RL.3.1?
Yes — “Answers the Text Says Explicitly” is a 40-minute Grade 3 plan for RL.3.1, timed section by section, with the misconceptions to expect and an exit ticket. Answer with the Text is the practice that follows it.
More practice for RL.3.1
Answer questions about a story by pointing at the words that prove it.