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 22 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: Rana could not spell "because," so she practiced it every night., Leo's sandcastle washed away, so he built a wall to protect the next one., Kai lost the first race, so he refused to run in the second one., Sam could not reach the top shelf, so he stopped looking for the book.
Kept tryingGave up
2.Sort each one: Kept trying or Gave up?
Sort: Finn's cake sank in the middle, so he said he would never bake again., Omar's tower fell down, so he built it again with a wider base., 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.
Kept tryingGave up
3.Sort each one: Kept trying or Gave up?
Sort: The crow could not reach the water, so she dropped in pebble after pebble., Zara's drawing went wrong, so she screwed it up and stopped drawing., Priya's seeds did not grow, so she planted more in a sunnier spot., Lily's paper plane would not fly, so she threw it in the trash.
Kept tryingGave up
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Answer key — How Characters Respond
Set 22. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Kai lost the first race, so he refused to run in the second one. — Gave up 2. Leo's sandcastle washed away, so he built a wall to protect the next one. — Kept trying 3. Rana could not spell "because," so she practiced it every night. — Kept trying 4. Sam could not reach the top shelf, so he stopped looking for the book. — Gave up
2.1. Finn's cake sank in the middle, so he said he would never bake again. — Gave up 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. Omar's tower fell down, so he built it again with a wider base. — Kept trying
3.1. Lily's paper plane would not fly, so she threw it in the trash. — Gave up 2. Priya's seeds did not grow, so she planted more in a sunnier spot. — Kept trying 3. The crow could not reach the water, so she dropped in pebble after pebble. — Kept trying 4. Zara's drawing went wrong, so she screwed it up and stopped drawing. — Gave up
More practice for RL.2.3
Say how a character reacted when something happened to them.