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How Characters Respond is a free printable Grade 2 English worksheet on describing how a character reacts to what happens, aligned to Common Core standard RL.2.3. It prints 2 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions, 21 of them with different questions, so no two pupils in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.

Set 7 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.

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Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. 21 of these 25 sets ask different questions — this skill does not have 25 questions to give. The rest reorder them, so no two pupils have the same paper in front of them.

How Characters Respond

RL.2.3

NameDate

Read the story, then answer the questions.

1.Read the text, then answer the questions.

The New Boy

A new boy called Iosif joined the class in November. He did not speak much English yet. At playtime he stood by the wall. Some children waved. He looked away. Marta noticed he was watching the football. She rolled the ball to him. He stopped it neatly and rolled it back. They passed it for ten minutes without saying a word. When the bell went, Iosif said one word: "Tomorrow?" "Tomorrow," said Marta.

  1. 1. What does Marta do that the others do not?
  2. 2. How does Iosif respond at first when children wave?
2.Read the text, then answer the questions.

Rain on the Roof

Rain on the roof, rain on the road, rain on the back of a slow brown toad. Rain on the window, rain on the pane, rain on the roses, rain, rain, rain. Rain in the gutter, rain in the drain, rain till the puddle is deep as a lane. Rain on the roof, rain on the road — and out comes the sun for the slow brown toad.

  1. 1. What is the toad doing through the poem?

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Answer key — How Characters Respond

Set 7. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. She rolls him the ball instead of waving. 2. He looks away.
  2. 2.1. Sitting out in the rain, slow and brown, until the sun comes out.

More practice for RL.2.3

Say how a character reacted when something happened to them.

Teaching this next? How Characters Respond to Challenges is the 40-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to RL.2.3 of the Common Core State Standards for English language arts.