Stated or Implied Purpose? is a free printable Grade 4 English worksheet on telling a purpose the writer says from one you work out, aligned to Common Core standard RI.4.1. It prints 3 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two students 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.
1.Sort each one: Purpose stated or Purpose implied?
Sort: "Our hens lay fresh eggs each morning. Come to the farm gate on Saturdays.", "The old bridge creaks. Two planks are missing. Children cross it every day.", "This booklet explains how to look after a pet rabbit.", "Read on to find out why bats sleep upside down.", "The school choir sings on Friday. Tickets are at the office.", "In this article I will show you how a canal lock works."
Purpose statedPurpose implied
2.Sort each one: Purpose stated or Purpose implied?
Sort: "Plastic bottles take hundreds of years to break down. We use thousands a week.", "I want to persuade you that our town needs a skate park.", "This report sets out what we found in the pond survey.", "Hedgehogs wander far at night. Many are hit on our road each spring.", "The aim of this guide is to help you plant a vegetable garden.", "The pool is warm, the slides are new and the cafe opens at ten."
Purpose statedPurpose implied
3.Sort each one: Purpose stated or Purpose implied?
Sort: "The crossing has no lights. Cars come around the bend fast.", "My reason for writing is to thank you for the school trip.", "Last year the library lent ten thousand books. This year it may close.", "I am writing to ask you to build a crossing outside our school.", "Bees visit our flowers all summer. Without flowers, there are no bees.", "These instructions tell you how to build a bird feeder."
Purpose statedPurpose implied
LessonPrint · RI.4.1 · Set 1 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Stated or Implied Purpose?
Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. "In this article I will show you how a canal lock works." — Purpose stated 2. "Our hens lay fresh eggs each morning. Come to the farm gate on Saturdays." — Purpose implied 3. "Read on to find out why bats sleep upside down." — Purpose stated 4. "The old bridge creaks. Two planks are missing. Children cross it every day." — Purpose implied 5. "The school choir sings on Friday. Tickets are at the office." — Purpose implied 6. "This booklet explains how to look after a pet rabbit." — Purpose stated
2.1. "Hedgehogs wander far at night. Many are hit on our road each spring." — Purpose implied 2. "I want to persuade you that our town needs a skate park." — Purpose stated 3. "Plastic bottles take hundreds of years to break down. We use thousands a week." — Purpose implied 4. "The aim of this guide is to help you plant a vegetable garden." — Purpose stated 5. "The pool is warm, the slides are new and the cafe opens at ten." — Purpose implied 6. "This report sets out what we found in the pond survey." — Purpose stated
3.1. "Bees visit our flowers all summer. Without flowers, there are no bees." — Purpose implied 2. "I am writing to ask you to build a crossing outside our school." — Purpose stated 3. "Last year the library lent ten thousand books. This year it may close." — Purpose implied 4. "My reason for writing is to thank you for the school trip." — Purpose stated 5. "The crossing has no lights. Cars come around the bend fast." — Purpose implied 6. "These instructions tell you how to build a bird feeder." — Purpose stated
Questions about Stated or Implied Purpose?
What does the Stated or Implied Purpose? worksheet cover?
It practices telling a purpose the writer says from one you work out — 3 questions for Grade 4, all on Common Core RI.4.1: Support what the text states and what it implies with examples from it. The instruction to students is “Sort each one into the right column”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.
Which Common Core standard does Stated or Implied Purpose? practice?
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.4.1 — RI.4.1, under Reading: Informational Text for Grade 4. The published standard reads: “Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.” The worksheet assesses that standard rather than a paraphrase of it.
What age or grade is this worksheet for?
Stated or Implied Purpose? is written for Grade 4, typically ages 9-10. It is one of the sheets on RI.4.1, so it suits any student working at that standard — including older students revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.
Does Stated or Implied Purpose? come with an answer key?
Yes. All 3 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 Stated or Implied Purpose? can I print?
25 — one per student, and all 25 ask different questions. Set 1 downloads the whole class as a single PDF. Every version is fixed to its own address, so a sheet printed today holds the same problems when you reopen it next week.
Is Stated or Implied Purpose? free to print and photocopy?
Yes. Stated or Implied Purpose?, 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.
More practice for RI.4.1
Support what the text states and what it implies with examples from it.