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Answer, Explain or Describe? is a free printable Grade 2 English worksheet on naming which job a text is doing, aligned to Common Core standard RI.2.6. It prints 2 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions, 19 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.

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Answer, Explain or Describe?

RI.2.6

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Read the text, then answer the questions.

1.Read the text, then answer the questions.

How a Camel Survives

A camel can cross a desert that would kill most animals. Almost every part of it helps. Its hump is not full of water. It is full of fat. The camel uses the fat for energy when there is no food, which is why the hump sags on a hungry camel. A camel has two rows of long eyelashes and can close its nostrils. Both keep sand out during a storm. Its feet are wide and flat. They spread the camel's weight so it does not sink into soft sand. A thirsty camel can drink a hundred litres in ten minutes.

  1. 1. What does the author want to explain?
2.Read the text, then answer the questions.

How Paper Is Recycled

Used paper does not become new paper by magic. It goes through five stages. First it is sorted. Card, newspaper and office paper are separated, because each makes a different grade of new paper. Second it is pulped. The paper is mixed with water and churned until the fibres come apart. Third it is cleaned. Staples, glue and ink are removed. Ink is lifted out with air bubbles. Fourth the pulp is pressed flat between rollers and dried. Fifth it is cut into sheets. Paper can be recycled about five to seven times before its fibres get too short to hold together.

  1. 1. What does the author want to explain?

LessonPrint · RI.2.6 · Set 20 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — Answer, Explain or Describe?

Set 20. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Why a camel can survive where most animals cannot.
  2. 2.1. How used paper is turned back into new paper.

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to RI.2.6 of the Common Core State Standards for English language arts.