Infer from the Evidence is a free printable Grade 5 English worksheet on choosing the conclusion a quoted piece of evidence supports, aligned to Common Core standard RI.5.1. It prints 8 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.A text says: "A mill closing often took a town's only employer." What can you infer?
A.Closures helped the local stores
B.Mill towns were hit very hard by closures
C.Mill towns had many large employers
2.A text says: "A canal boat carried thirty tons behind one horse, where a cart carried two." What can you infer?
A.Carts could travel on water
B.Canals moved heavy goods far more cheaply
C.Horses preferred pulling carts
3.A text says: "People doing two tasks alternately take substantially longer." What can you infer?
A.Experiments about tasks are unreliable
B.People enjoy doing two tasks
C.Switching between tasks wastes time
4.A text says: "The river now is narrower, deeper and faster than the one that froze." What can you infer?
A.The river froze more often after 1831
B.London winters are now tropical
C.Changes to the river made freezing less likely
5.A text says: "Walking and talking works because walking is automatic for an adult." What can you infer about a toddler?
A.Adults find walking difficult
B.A toddler may find walking and talking at once harder
C.A toddler cannot talk at all
6.A text says: "Where firms did re-equip, they survived longer." What does this suggest?
A.Low wages abroad were not the only cause of closures
B.Every mill bought new machines
C.New machines made mills close sooner
7.A text says teenagers' body clocks shift later and "school start times mostly ignore it." What can you infer?
A.Teenagers prefer early starts
B.Body clocks never change
C.Many teenagers may be tired in early lessons
8.A text says: "Canal companies were bought by railway companies, sometimes in order to close them." What can you infer?
A.Railways saw canals as competition
B.Railway owners wanted more boats
C.Canals earned more than railways
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Answer key — Infer from the Evidence
Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.
1.Mill towns were hit very hard by closures
2.Canals moved heavy goods far more cheaply
3.Switching between tasks wastes time
4.Changes to the river made freezing less likely
5.A toddler may find walking and talking at once harder
6.Low wages abroad were not the only cause of closures
7.Many teenagers may be tired in early lessons
8.Railways saw canals as competition
Questions about Infer from the Evidence
What does the Infer from the Evidence worksheet cover?
It practices choosing the conclusion a quoted piece of evidence supports — 8 questions for Grade 5, all on Common Core RI.5.1: Quote an information text exactly to support what you say about it. The instruction to students is “Circle the right answer”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.
Which Common Core standard does Infer from the Evidence practice?
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.5.1 — RI.5.1, under Reading: Informational Text for Grade 5. The published standard reads: “Quote accurately from 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?
Infer from the Evidence is written for Grade 5, typically ages 10-11. It is one of the sheets on RI.5.1, so it suits any student working at that standard — including older students revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.
Does Infer from the Evidence come with an answer key?
Yes. All 8 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 Infer from the Evidence 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 Infer from the Evidence free to print and photocopy?
Yes. Infer from the Evidence, 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.5.1
Quote an information text exactly to support what you say about it.