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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.

Volcanoes

A volcano is an opening in the Earth's crust where hot rock reaches the surface. Deep underground, rock is so hot that it melts. Melted rock is called magma. Magma is lighter than the solid rock around it, so it rises. When magma reaches the surface it is called lava. Lava can pour out slowly in rivers, or it can burst out in an explosion, depending on how thick it is. As lava cools it hardens into new rock. Layer after layer, this new rock builds the mountain we call a volcano.

  1. 1. What builds the mountain?
  2. 2. What is the main topic of this text?
  3. 3. What is "magma"?
  4. 4. The author says magma rises. What reason is given?
2.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. What do the crew take off the boat first?
  2. 2. Why do the crew take the people off first?
  3. 3. How long do most of the crew take to reach the station?
  4. 4. What is a "flare"?

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Answer key — Reading a Grade 2 Fact Text

Set 19. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Layer after layer of hardened lava. 2. Volcanoes, and how melted rock builds them. 3. Melted rock while it is still underground. 4. Magma is lighter than the solid rock around it.
  2. 2.1. The people. 2. Because saving people matters more than saving the boat. 3. Within six minutes. 4. A bright light fired up from a boat to show where it is.

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