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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.

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. Where does the rain fall in the third verse?
  2. 2. What comes out at the end of the poem?
  3. 3. Which words rhyme with "road"?
  4. 4. Which line is repeated in the poem?
2.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. Which sentence shows Tess changed her mind?
  2. 2. When did Grandad and Tess walk out to the rock pools?
  3. 3. What did Tess see the starfish do?
  4. 4. Which words give Grandad's reason for saying no?

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Answer key — Read and Reread

Set 23. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. In the gutter and in the drain. 2. The sun. 3. "Toad". 4. "Rain on the roof, rain on the road" — it opens the poem and returns at the end.
  2. 2.1. "It's better in the pool anyway." 2. Every low tide. 3. Move slowly on hundreds of tiny feet. 4. "It would die in a bucket."

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