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 5 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: 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., Sami got lost at his new school, so he asked a teacher the way., Lily's paper plane would not fly, so she threw it in the trash.
Kept tryingGave up
2.Sort each one: Kept trying or Gave up?
Sort: Priya's seeds did not grow, so she planted more in a sunnier spot., Leo's sandcastle washed away, so he built a wall to protect the next one., Nell's knot kept slipping, so she left her laces undone all day., Max's kite would not lift off, so he packed it away and went home.
Kept tryingGave up
3.Sort each one: Kept trying or Gave up?
Sort: Ben lost the first race, so he trained every day for the next one., Sam could not reach the top shelf, so he stopped looking for the book., Rana could not spell "because," so she practiced it every night., Tom's puzzle had a missing piece, so he put it back in the box for good.
Kept tryingGave up
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Answer key — How Characters Respond
Set 5. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Ella could not find her other glove, so she stopped searching. — Gave up 2. Lily's paper plane would not fly, so she threw it in the trash. — Gave up 3. Omar's tower fell down, so he built it again with a wider base. — Kept trying 4. Sami got lost at his new school, so he asked a teacher the way. — Kept trying
2.1. Leo's sandcastle washed away, so he built a wall to protect the next one. — Kept trying 2. Max's kite would not lift off, so he packed it away and went home. — Gave up 3. Nell's knot kept slipping, so she left her laces undone all day. — Gave up 4. Priya's seeds did not grow, so she planted more in a sunnier spot. — Kept trying
3.1. Ben lost the first race, so he trained every day for the next one. — Kept trying 2. Rana could not spell "because," so she practiced it every night. — Kept trying 3. Sam could not reach the top shelf, so he stopped looking for the book. — Gave up 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.