How Characters Respond is a free printable Grade 2 English worksheet on sorting how characters respond to a challenge: keep trying or give up, aligned to Common Core standard RL.2.3. It prints 3 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two students in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.
Set 14 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. All 25 sets ask different questions.
How Characters Respond
RL.2.3
NameDate
Sort each one into the right box.
1.Sort each one: Kept trying or Gave up?
Sort: The crow could not reach the water, so she dropped in pebble after pebble., Finn's cake sank in the middle, so he said he would never bake again., Lily's paper plane would not fly, so she threw it in the trash., Sami got lost at his new school, so he asked a teacher the way.
Kept tryingGave up
2.Sort each one: Kept trying or Gave up?
Sort: Nell's knot kept slipping, so she left her laces undone all day., Mia fell off her bike, then climbed back on and rode to the gate., Leo's sandcastle washed away, so he built a wall to protect the next one., Sam could not reach the top shelf, so he stopped looking for the book.
Kept tryingGave up
3.Sort each one: Kept trying or Gave up?
Sort: Ada's bread came out flat, so she baked it again with fresh yeast., Tom's puzzle had a missing piece, so he put it back in the box for good., Omar's tower fell down, so he built it again with a wider base., Ella could not find her other glove, so she stopped searching.
Kept tryingGave up
LessonPrint · RL.2.3 · Set 14 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — How Characters Respond
Set 14. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Finn's cake sank in the middle, so he said he would never bake again. — Gave up 2. Lily's paper plane would not fly, so she threw it in the trash. — Gave up 3. Sami got lost at his new school, so he asked a teacher the way. — Kept trying 4. The crow could not reach the water, so she dropped in pebble after pebble. — Kept trying
2.1. Leo's sandcastle washed away, so he built a wall to protect the next one. — Kept trying 2. Mia fell off her bike, then climbed back on and rode to the gate. — Kept trying 3. Nell's knot kept slipping, so she left her laces undone all day. — Gave up 4. Sam could not reach the top shelf, so he stopped looking for the book. — Gave up
3.1. Ada's bread came out flat, so she baked it again with fresh yeast. — Kept trying 2. Ella could not find her other glove, so she stopped searching. — Gave up 3. Omar's tower fell down, so he built it again with a wider base. — Kept trying 4. Tom's puzzle had a missing piece, so he put it back in the box for good. — Gave up
More practice for RL.2.3
Say how a character reacted when something happened to them.