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.
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How Characters Respond
RL.2.3
NameDate
Sort each one into the right box.
1.Sort each one: Kept trying or Gave up?
Sort: Ben lost the first race, so he trained every day for the next one., Zara's drawing went wrong, so she screwed it up and stopped drawing., Nell's knot kept slipping, so she left her laces undone all day., Jun's kite stuck in the elm, so he fetched a long pole.
Kept tryingGave up
2.Sort each one: Kept trying or Gave up?
Sort: Omar's tower fell down, so he built it again with a wider base., The crow could not reach the water, so she dropped in pebble after pebble., Lily's paper plane would not fly, so she threw it in the trash., Tom's puzzle had a missing piece, so he put it back in the box for good.
Kept tryingGave up
3.Sort each one: Kept trying or Gave up?
Sort: Mia fell off her bike, then climbed back on and rode to the gate., The fox could not reach the grapes, so he walked away., Ada's bread came out flat, so she baked it again with fresh yeast., Finn's cake sank in the middle, so he said he would never bake again.
Kept tryingGave up
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Answer key — How Characters Respond
Set 3. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Ben lost the first race, so he trained every day for the next one. — Kept trying 2. Jun's kite stuck in the elm, so he fetched a long pole. — Kept trying 3. Nell's knot kept slipping, so she left her laces undone all day. — Gave up 4. Zara's drawing went wrong, so she screwed it up and stopped drawing. — Gave up
2.1. Lily's paper plane would not fly, so she threw it in the trash. — Gave up 2. Omar's tower fell down, so he built it again with a wider base. — Kept trying 3. The crow could not reach the water, so she dropped in pebble after pebble. — Kept trying 4. Tom's puzzle had a missing piece, so he put it back in the box for good. — Gave up
3.1. Ada's bread came out flat, so she baked it again with fresh yeast. — Kept trying 2. Finn's cake sank in the middle, so he said he would never bake again. — Gave up 3. Mia fell off her bike, then climbed back on and rode to the gate. — 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.