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Captions, Bold Print and Subheadings is a free printable Grade 2 English worksheet on using text features to find a fact quickly, aligned to Common Core standard RI.2.5. It prints 2 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions, 17 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.

Set 8 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.

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Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. 17 of these 25 sets ask different questions — this skill does not have 25 questions to give. The rest reorder them, so no two pupils have the same paper in front of them.

Captions, Bold Print and Subheadings

RI.2.5

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Read the text, then answer the questions.

1.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 would numbered steps help this text?
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. The text uses First, Second, Third. Why?

LessonPrint · RI.2.5 · Set 8 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — Captions, Bold Print and Subheadings

Set 8. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. The whole text is a sequence, and numbers would show the order at a glance.
  2. 2.1. To mark each stage so the reader can follow the order.

More practice for RI.2.5

Use captions, bold print, subheadings and the index to find a fact quickly.

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to RI.2.5 of the Common Core State Standards for English language arts.