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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.

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 finds a hot spot through a wall?
  4. 4. What is a "hydrant"?
2.Read the text, then answer the questions.

How Glass Is Recycled

Glass is unusual. It can be melted and remade for ever without getting any worse. Bottles are first sorted by colour. Clear, green and brown glass have to be kept apart, because you cannot make clear glass from green. The glass is then crushed into small pieces called cullet. Metal lids are pulled out with a magnet. Cullet melts at a lower temperature than the raw materials glass is made from. That means recycling glass uses less energy than making it new. The melted glass is poured into moulds and blown into new bottles.

  1. 1. What is a "mould"?
  2. 2. What is the main topic of this text?
  3. 3. How are metal lids removed?
  4. 4. What happens to the melted glass at the end?

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Answer key — Reading a Grade 2 Fact Text

Set 18. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Thermal means to do with heat — a thermal camera sees heat rather than light. 2. So that it is seen. 3. A thermal camera. 4. A water point in the street that a fire crew can connect a hose to.
  2. 2.1. A shaped container that melted glass is poured into to give it its shape. 2. How glass bottles are recycled into new ones. 3. With a magnet. 4. It is poured into moulds and blown into new bottles.

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