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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.

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 wake the lion?
  2. 2. What trapped the lion later?
  3. 3. Which sentence shows the lion's strength did not work?
  4. 4. Which words show the lion did not believe the mouse?
2.Read the text, then answer the questions.

The Kite in the Elm

Sami's kite caught in the top of the elm on the very first day. He tried throwing a ball at it. He tried a long stick. He tried shaking the trunk with both arms. The kite stayed exactly where it was. His sister Rana came out with a bucket and a length of washing line. She tied the line to the bucket handle, threw the bucket over the branch, and pulled. The branch bent. The kite slid off and dropped into the grass. "How did you know that would work?" said Sami. "I didn't," said Rana.

  1. 1. What did Rana bring out?
  2. 2. Which sentence lists the things Sami tried?
  3. 3. What did Rana say when Sami asked how she knew?
  4. 4. Which words show Sami's attempts failed?

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Answer key — Read and Reread

Set 24. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. She ran across his paw. 2. A hunter's net. 3. "He roared and pulled, and the ropes only tightened." 4. "The lion laughed. How could a mouse help a lion?"
  2. 2.1. A bucket and a length of washing line. 2. "He tried throwing a ball at it. He tried a long stick. He tried shaking the trunk with both arms." 3. "I didn't." 4. "The kite stayed exactly where it was."

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