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Read and Reread is a free printable Grade 2 English worksheet on rereading a text closely enough to answer across it, aligned to Common Core standard RF.2.4. It prints 2 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask 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.

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Read and Reread

RF.2.4

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Read the text, then answer the questions.

1.Read the text, then answer the questions.

What the Tide Left

Every low tide, Grandad and Tess walked out to the rock pools. Tess wanted to take a starfish home. Grandad said no. "It would die in a bucket," he said. "Look at it here instead." Tess crouched for a long time. She saw the starfish move — slowly, on hundreds of tiny feet she had not known it had. She did not ask again. On the way back she said, "It's better in the pool anyway."

  1. 1. When did Grandad and Tess walk out to the rock pools?
  2. 2. Which words give Grandad's reason for saying no?
  3. 3. Which sentence shows Tess changed her mind?
  4. 4. What did Tess see the starfish do?
2.Read the text, then answer the questions.

The Lion and the Mouse

A lion lay sleeping in the sun. A mouse ran across his paw and woke him. The lion caught the mouse in one hand. "Please let me go," said the mouse. "One day I may help you." The lion laughed. How could a mouse help a lion? But he opened his hand. Weeks later the lion walked into a hunter's net. He roared and pulled, and the ropes only tightened. The mouse heard him. She came at once and gnawed the ropes, one strand at a time, until the lion could step free.

  1. 1. How did the mouse free him?
  2. 2. How did the mouse wake the lion?
  3. 3. What trapped the lion later?
  4. 4. Which sentence shows the lion's strength did not work?

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Answer key — Read and Reread

Set 20. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Every low tide. 2. "It would die in a bucket." 3. "It's better in the pool anyway." 4. Move slowly on hundreds of tiny feet.
  2. 2.1. She gnawed the ropes, one strand at a time. 2. She ran across his paw. 3. A hunter's net. 4. "He roared and pulled, and the ropes only tightened."

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to RF.2.4 of the Common Core State Standards for English language arts.