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Following a Long Explanation is a free printable Grade 2 English worksheet on holding a multi-stage explanation together, aligned to Common Core standard RI.2.10. 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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Following a Long Explanation

RI.2.10

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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. What happens right after the paper is pulped?
  2. 2. Summarise this text in one sentence.
  3. 3. How is sorting connected to the grade of new paper?
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. Put these in order: the glass is crushed, bottles are sorted, the glass is melted.
  2. 2. Summarise this text in one sentence.
  3. 3. How is cullet connected to using less energy?

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Answer key — Following a Long Explanation

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  1. 1.1. It is cleaned — staples, glue and ink are removed. 2. Used paper is sorted, pulped, cleaned, pressed and cut into new sheets, and can be recycled five to seven times. 3. Each kind of used paper makes a different grade, so they are separated first.
  2. 2.1. Bottles are sorted, the glass is crushed, the glass is melted. 2. Glass bottles are sorted by colour, crushed into cullet, melted with less energy than raw materials, and blown into new bottles. 3. Cullet melts at a lower temperature than the raw materials, so less energy is needed.

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to RI.2.10 of the Common Core State Standards for English language arts.