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Making Predictions Worksheet

Mixed review · Predict what happens next

Name: ______________________ Date: ____________

Read each passage, then use the clues to predict what happens next.

1.
A student slowly moved a magnet across a table covered with paper clips, pins, and a plastic eraser. As the magnet neared the metal objects, they began to slide toward it.
What will most likely happen next?
- A)The paper clips and pins will stick to the magnet, but the plastic eraser will not.
- B)The sprout will keep growing into a taller plant.
- C)The puppy will fall asleep.
- D)The robin will build a nest in the oak tree.
2.
The school set a goal to collect five hundred cans for the food drive. By Thursday, posters showed that students had already brought in most of the cans, and more bags arrived each morning.
What will most likely happen next?
- A)Noah will spell the word correctly.
- B)The cat will jump into the box.
- C)The puppy will fall asleep.
- D)The school will reach its goal for the food drive.
3.
Ava's group needed one more poster done by Friday. Today the team divided the work, and everyone took a part to finish. Ava taped her colored drawings neatly onto the board.
What will most likely happen next?
- A)The cloud will release the water as rain.
- B)The town will recycle more and send less trash to the landfill.
- C)The group will finish the poster on time.
- D)The robin will build a nest in the oak tree.
4.
Liam opened his folder at his desk and flipped through every page. His homework was not there. He remembered leaving it on the kitchen table, and his teacher began collecting papers from the front row.
What will most likely happen next?
- A)Zoe will sign up for the science fair.
- B)The ice cubes will melt into water.
- C)Liam will tell his teacher he left his homework at home.
- D)Dad will take the finished cookies out of the oven.
5.
The kitchen filled with the warm smell of cookies. The oven timer started to beep, and Dad pulled on his oven mitts and walked toward the oven door.
What will most likely happen next?
- A)The cat will jump into the box.
- B)The town will recycle more and send less trash to the landfill.
- C)Dad will take the finished cookies out of the oven.
- D)Zoe will sign up for the science fair.
6.
A new empty box sat in the middle of the room. The cat circled it twice, sniffed the open top, and crouched low with its paws tucked under.
What will most likely happen next?
- A)The cat will jump into the box.
- B)It is going to rain, so Maya will go inside.
- C)The shoppers will buy fruit and vegetables from the market.
- D)The robin will build a nest in the oak tree.
7.
Early in the morning, sellers set up tents along the square and filled tables with fresh fruit and vegetables. A crowd of shoppers with empty baskets gathered at the entrance.
What will most likely happen next?
- A)The town will recycle more and send less trash to the landfill.
- B)The school will reach its goal for the food drive.
- C)The group will finish the poster on time.
- D)The shoppers will buy fruit and vegetables from the market.
8.
A robin carried a long piece of dry grass to a branch in the oak tree. It had already brought twigs and soft moss to the same spot all morning.
What will most likely happen next?
- A)The tower will tip over and fall.
- B)The robin will build a nest in the oak tree.
- C)Noah will spell the word correctly.
- D)Mia will fill the bowl so her cat can eat.

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Answer key

1.A) The paper clips and pins will stick to the magnet, but the plastic eraser will not. — Metal items sliding toward a magnet show the clips and pins will stick to it, while the plastic eraser will not move.
2.D) The school will reach its goal for the food drive. — Being close to the goal with more cans arriving daily shows the school will meet its target.
3.C) The group will finish the poster on time. — Sharing the work and steady progress are clues the group will complete the poster by Friday.
4.C) Liam will tell his teacher he left his homework at home. — Missing homework and a teacher collecting papers mean Liam will need to explain that he left it at home.
5.C) Dad will take the finished cookies out of the oven. — A beeping timer and oven mitts show the cookies are done, so Dad will take them out.
6.A) The cat will jump into the box. — Circling, sniffing, and crouching by the open box are clues the cat will hop inside.
7.D) The shoppers will buy fruit and vegetables from the market. — Full tables of produce and shoppers with empty baskets are clues they will buy fruit and vegetables.
8.B) The robin will build a nest in the oak tree. — Carrying grass, twigs, and moss to one branch shows the robin is building a nest there.

Answer Key · Making Predictions Worksheet

Mixed review · Predict what happens next

1.A) The paper clips and pins will stick to the magnet, but the plastic eraser will not. — Metal items sliding toward a magnet show the clips and pins will stick to it, while the plastic eraser will not move.
2.D) The school will reach its goal for the food drive. — Being close to the goal with more cans arriving daily shows the school will meet its target.
3.C) The group will finish the poster on time. — Sharing the work and steady progress are clues the group will complete the poster by Friday.
4.C) Liam will tell his teacher he left his homework at home. — Missing homework and a teacher collecting papers mean Liam will need to explain that he left it at home.
5.C) Dad will take the finished cookies out of the oven. — A beeping timer and oven mitts show the cookies are done, so Dad will take them out.
6.A) The cat will jump into the box. — Circling, sniffing, and crouching by the open box are clues the cat will hop inside.
7.D) The shoppers will buy fruit and vegetables from the market. — Full tables of produce and shoppers with empty baskets are clues they will buy fruit and vegetables.
8.B) The robin will build a nest in the oak tree. — Carrying grass, twigs, and moss to one branch shows the robin is building a nest there.

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Step by step

How to use the making predictions worksheet generator

1Choose a practice focus, passage set, and difficulty, or paste your own passages.
2Pick a question format: multiple choice, write a prediction, find the clues, choose the best evidence, explain your prediction, or mixed.
3Set how many questions, then toggle the name line, instructions, and answer key.
4Press Regenerate for a fresh set, then print or download a PDF with the answer key.

When it helps

When this is useful

Predict what happens next

Short passages stop before the outcome so students practice predicting the most likely next event.

Support predictions with evidence

Find-the-clues and choose-the-evidence formats train students to back a prediction with words from the text.

Fiction and nonfiction reading

Story and informational passages let students predict in both narrative and fact-based reading.

Reading intervention

Brief, clear scenarios make predicting approachable for small groups and one-on-one support.

ELL and language support

Concrete, everyday clues help multilingual readers practice combining text clues with what they know.

Your own passages

Paste passages with a prediction, clues, and evidence from a text you are reading so the practice matches your class.

In practice

Examples to try

A multiple-choice predictions worksheet

Use the multiple choice format so students pick the prediction best supported by the passage.

A predict-what-happens-next worksheet

Use the predict-what-happens-next focus so students write the most likely next event.

A find-the-clues worksheet

Use the find-the-clues format so students list the words that hint at what comes next.

A choose-the-evidence worksheet

Use the choose-the-best-evidence format so students find the words that support a prediction.

An explain-your-prediction worksheet

Use the explain format so students write how the clues support their prediction.

A worksheet from your own passages

Paste passages with a title, type, passage, prediction, clues, evidence, and explanation to match your text.

Get more out of it

Tips for better results

Start with everyday fiction
Familiar clues like dark clouds or an empty bowl make predicting easy for new readers.
Use beginner for new readers
The beginner difficulty uses short passages with clear clues that point to one likely prediction.
Ask: what makes you think that?
Pair a prediction question with the find-the-clues or choose-the-evidence format so students cite the text.
Mix fiction and nonfiction
Use the science and community sets so students practice predicting in informational reading too.
Print the answer key separately
The PDF puts the answer key on its own page, so you can keep it apart from the student copy.
Pair it with reading tools
Follow with an inferences worksheet or a cause and effect worksheet for more reading-strategy practice.

Under the hood

How the making predictions worksheet generator works

Built-in worksheets use original, classroom-safe fiction and nonfiction passages written for this tool. Each passage stops before its outcome and pairs one best-supported prediction with clue phrases and an evidence phrase from the text, plus a short explanation of why the prediction is reasonable, so the answer key is always grounded in the passage.

Multiple-choice prediction questions use real predictions from other passages as the wrong answers, and choose-the-evidence questions use real evidence phrases from other passages, so every distractor is plausible but clearly not the best fit for the passage shown, with exactly one correct choice and no duplicates. Write, find-the-clues, and explain questions give students space to answer in their own words, with a suggested answer in the key. Custom passages let you bring your own text; when you do not provide a prediction, clues, evidence, or explanation, the key uses a teacher-check sample instead of inventing one.

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Is this making predictions worksheet generator free?

Yes, completely free, with no account and no limit on how many worksheets you make. There's no watermark on the printed worksheet.

Can I print the worksheet?

Yes. Use the Print button to send the worksheet straight to your printer. Only the worksheet prints, with the passages and questions, and nothing else from the web page.

Can I download a PDF?

Yes. Download a clean PDF built right on your device, with the worksheet on the first pages and, when enabled, an answer key on its own page.

Can students predict what happens next?

Yes. Every passage stops before its ending, so students use the clues to predict the most likely next event in multiple choice or write-your-own form.

Can students support a prediction with evidence?

Yes. The find-the-clues and choose-the-best-evidence formats ask students to point to the words from the passage that support their prediction.

Can I use custom passages?

Yes. Switch to custom passages and paste your own with a Title, Type, Passage, Prediction, Clues, Evidence, and Explanation. Your passages stay in your browser.