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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.

Volcanoes

A volcano is an opening in the Earth's crust where hot rock reaches the surface. Deep underground, rock is so hot that it melts. Melted rock is called magma. Magma is lighter than the solid rock around it, so it rises. When magma reaches the surface it is called lava. Lava can pour out slowly in rivers, or it can burst out in an explosion, depending on how thick it is. As lava cools it hardens into new rock. Layer after layer, this new rock builds the mountain we call a volcano.

  1. 1. What is melted rock called underground?
  2. 2. What builds the mountain?
  3. 3. The author says magma rises. What reason is given?
  4. 4. How would a heading over the third paragraph help a reader?
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. Who crews the lifeboat?
  2. 2. How would numbered steps help this text?
  3. 3. What do the crew take off the boat first?
  4. 4. How long do most of the crew take to reach the station?

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Answer key — Answer from the Sources

Set 9. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Magma. 2. Layer after layer of hardened lava. 3. Magma is lighter than the solid rock around it. 4. It would say that part is about lava at the surface, so a reader could find it fast.
  2. 2.1. Volunteers. 2. The whole text is a sequence, and numbers would show the order at a glance. 3. The people. 4. Within six minutes.

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