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Answer from the Sources is a free printable Grade 2 English worksheet on using a given text to answer a question, aligned to Common Core standard W.2.8. It prints 2 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask 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 from the Sources

W.2.8

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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. How much can a thirsty camel drink in ten minutes?
  2. 2. The author says a camel's feet are wide and flat. What reason is given?
  3. 3. How does a camel keep sand out of its nose?
  4. 4. How would subheadings help in this text?
2.Read the text, then answer the questions.

Launching a Lifeboat

When a boat is in trouble, a call goes out to the lifeboat station. Pagers sound. The crew are volunteers, so they stop whatever they are doing and drive to the station. Most arrive within six minutes. They pull on drysuits and lifejackets and climb aboard. The boat slides down a ramp into the sea and the engines start. At sea, the crew look for a flare, a light, or a shape in the water. Once they find the boat, they take the people off first and the boat second. A lifeboat can right itself if a wave rolls it over.

  1. 1. How long do most of the crew take to reach the station?
  2. 2. Why do the crew take the people off first?
  3. 3. Who crews the lifeboat?
  4. 4. What do the crew take off the boat first?

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Answer key — Answer from the Sources

Set 15. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. A hundred litres. 2. So its weight is spread and it does not sink into soft sand. 3. It can close its nostrils. 4. Each body part could have its own named section, so a reader could find the hump or the feet directly.
  2. 2.1. Within six minutes. 2. Because saving people matters more than saving the boat. 3. Volunteers. 4. The people.

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to W.2.8 of the Common Core State Standards for English language arts.