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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 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. Why can paper not be recycled for ever?
  2. 2. How many stages does recycling paper take?
  3. 3. The text uses First, Second, Third. Why?
  4. 4. What is used to lift the ink out?
2.Read the text, then answer the questions.

How Glass Is Recycled

Glass is unusual. It can be melted and remade for ever without getting any worse. Bottles are first sorted by colour. Clear, green and brown glass have to be kept apart, because you cannot make clear glass from green. The glass is then crushed into small pieces called cullet. Metal lids are pulled out with a magnet. Cullet melts at a lower temperature than the raw materials glass is made from. That means recycling glass uses less energy than making it new. The melted glass is poured into moulds and blown into new bottles.

  1. 1. How would a caption under a photograph of cullet help?
  2. 2. How are metal lids removed?
  3. 3. What happens to the melted glass at the end?
  4. 4. Why are the colours kept apart?

LessonPrint · W.2.8 · Set 5 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — Answer from the Sources

Set 5. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Because the fibres get too short to hold together. 2. Five. 3. To mark each stage so the reader can follow the order. 4. Air bubbles.
  2. 2.1. It would name what the picture shows, so the new word is tied to the thing. 2. With a magnet. 3. It is poured into moulds and blown into new bottles. 4. Because you cannot make clear glass from green glass.

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