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 7 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: The crow could not reach the water, so she dropped in pebble after pebble., Priya's seeds did not grow, so she planted more in a sunnier spot., Kai lost the first race, so he refused to run in the second one., Nell's knot kept slipping, so she left her laces undone all day.
Kept tryingGave up
2.Sort each one: Kept trying or Gave up?
Sort: Ella could not find her other glove, so she stopped searching., Leo's sandcastle washed away, so he built a wall to protect the next one., Tom's puzzle had a missing piece, so he put it back in the box for good., 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: Lily's paper plane would not fly, so she threw it in the trash., Max's kite would not lift off, so he packed it away and went home., Rana could not spell "because," so she practiced it every night., Ben lost the first race, so he trained every day for the next one.
Kept tryingGave up
LessonPrint · RL.2.3 · Set 7 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — How Characters Respond
Set 7. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Kai lost the first race, so he refused to run in the second one. — Gave up 2. Nell's knot kept slipping, so she left her laces undone all day. — 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. Ella could not find her other glove, so she stopped searching. — Gave up 2. Leo's sandcastle washed away, so he built a wall to protect the next one. — Kept trying 3. Mia fell off her bike, then climbed back on and rode to the gate. — Kept trying 4. Tom's puzzle had a missing piece, so he put it back in the box for good. — Gave up
3.1. Ben lost the first race, so he trained every day for the next one. — Kept trying 2. Lily's paper plane would not fly, so she threw it in the trash. — Gave up 3. Max's kite would not lift off, so he packed it away and went home. — Gave up 4. Rana could not spell "because," so she practiced it every night. — Kept trying
More practice for RL.2.3
Say how a character reacted when something happened to them.