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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 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. Summarise this text in one sentence.
  2. 2. How are the hump and going without food connected?
  3. 3. A sandstorm starts. What does the camel do?
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. Put these in order: the boat slides down the ramp, pagers sound, the crew pull on drysuits.
  2. 2. How are the pagers connected to the launch?
  3. 3. Summarise this text in one sentence.

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Answer key — Following a Long Explanation

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  1. 1.1. A camel's fat-filled hump, long eyelashes, closable nostrils and wide feet let it survive a desert. 2. The camel uses the fat in the hump for energy when there is no food. 3. It closes its nostrils, and its long eyelashes keep sand out of its eyes.
  2. 2.1. Pagers sound, the crew pull on drysuits, the boat slides down the ramp. 2. The pagers tell the volunteer crew to come, so the boat can be launched. 3. A pager call brings volunteers to the station, they suit up, launch down a ramp and take the people off a boat in trouble.

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