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 18 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: Finn's cake sank in the middle, so he said he would never bake again., Max's kite would not lift off, so he packed it away and went home., Priya's seeds did not grow, so she planted more in a sunnier spot., The crow could not reach the water, so she dropped in pebble after pebble.
Kept tryingGave up
2.Sort each one: Kept trying or Gave up?
Sort: Zara's drawing went wrong, so she screwed it up and stopped drawing., Ella could not find her other glove, so she stopped searching., Ada's bread came out flat, so she baked it again with fresh yeast., Ben lost the first race, so he trained every day for the next one.
Kept tryingGave up
3.Sort each one: Kept trying or Gave up?
Sort: Sami got lost at his new school, so he asked a teacher the way., Nell's knot kept slipping, so she left her laces undone all day., Rana could not spell "because," so she practiced it every night., The fox could not reach the grapes, so he walked away.
Kept tryingGave up
LessonPrint · RL.2.3 · Set 18 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — How Characters Respond
Set 18. 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. Max's kite would not lift off, so he packed it away and went home. — Gave up 3. Priya's seeds did not grow, so she planted more in a sunnier spot. — Kept trying 4. The crow could not reach the water, so she dropped in pebble after pebble. — Kept trying
2.1. Ada's bread came out flat, so she baked it again with fresh yeast. — Kept trying 2. Ben lost the first race, so he trained every day for the next one. — Kept trying 3. Ella could not find her other glove, so she stopped searching. — Gave up 4. Zara's drawing went wrong, so she screwed it up and stopped drawing. — Gave up
3.1. Nell's knot kept slipping, so she left her laces undone all day. — Gave up 2. Rana could not spell "because," so she practiced it every night. — Kept trying 3. Sami got lost at his new school, so he asked a teacher the way. — Kept trying 4. The fox could not reach the grapes, so he walked away. — Gave up
More practice for RL.2.3
Say how a character reacted when something happened to them.