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Reading a Grade 2 Fact Text is a free printable Grade 2 English worksheet on reading a whole information text and answering across it, aligned to Common Core standard RI.2.10. 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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Reading a Grade 2 Fact Text

RI.2.10

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Read the text, then answer the questions.

1.Read the text, then answer the questions.

Launching a Lifeboat

When a boat is in trouble, a call goes out to the lifeboat station. Pagers sound. The crew are volunteers, so they stop whatever they are doing and drive to the station. Most arrive within six minutes. They pull on drysuits and lifejackets and climb aboard. The boat slides down a ramp into the sea and the engines start. At sea, the crew look for a flare, a light, or a shape in the water. Once they find the boat, they take the people off first and the boat second. A lifeboat can right itself if a wave rolls it over.

  1. 1. Who crews the lifeboat?
  2. 2. Why do the crew take the people off first?
  3. 3. What do the crew take off the boat first?
  4. 4. What does "right itself" mean here?
2.Read the text, then answer the questions.

Inside a Fire Engine

A fire engine carries everything a crew might need, because there is no time to go back for anything. It holds about eighteen hundred litres of water. That sounds like a lot, but a hose can empty it in under three minutes, so the crew connect to a hydrant as soon as they can. Ladders are carried on the roof. The longest can reach a third-floor window. Inside are cutting tools for road accidents, breathing sets for smoke, and a thermal camera that finds a hot spot through a wall. The engine is red so that it is seen. The siren is for when being seen is not enough.

  1. 1. What does "thermal" mean in "thermal camera"?
  2. 2. The author says the engine is red. What reason is given?
  3. 3. What is a "hydrant"?
  4. 4. What is the main topic of this text?

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Answer key — Reading a Grade 2 Fact Text

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  1. 1.1. Volunteers. 2. Because saving people matters more than saving the boat. 3. The people. 4. Turn back upright on its own after being rolled over.
  2. 2.1. Thermal means to do with heat — a thermal camera sees heat rather than light. 2. So that it is seen. 3. A water point in the street that a fire crew can connect a hose to. 4. What a fire engine carries and why.

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to RI.2.10 of the Common Core State Standards for English language arts.