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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.

How a Polar Bear Stays Warm

A polar bear lives where the sea freezes. It has three ways of keeping its heat in. Under its skin is a layer of fat up to eleven centimetres thick. Fat is a poor conductor, so heat does not pass through it easily. Above that is dense underfur, packed tight so cold water cannot reach the skin. On top are long guard hairs. Each one is hollow and clear, not white. They look white because they scatter the light, the way snow does. A polar bear is so well insulated that it can overheat if it runs too far.

  1. 1. What is the main topic of this text?
  2. 2. What colour are the guard hairs really?
  3. 3. How thick can a polar bear's fat layer be?
  4. 4. The author says fat keeps the bear warm. What reason is given?
2.Read the text, then answer the questions.

Earthquakes

The Earth's crust is not one piece. It is broken into huge slabs called plates, and the plates are always moving — about as fast as your fingernails grow. Where two plates meet, they can catch on each other. Pressure builds up for years while they are stuck. When they finally slip, all that stored energy is released at once. The ground shakes. That shaking is an earthquake. Most earthquakes are too small to feel. A few are strong enough to bring down buildings, which is why new buildings in some places are made to sway.

  1. 1. What is the main topic of this text?
  2. 2. The author says new buildings are made to sway. What reason is given?
  3. 3. What makes the ground shake?
  4. 4. What are the huge slabs of crust called?

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Answer key — Reading a Grade 2 Fact Text

Set 6. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. The three ways a polar bear keeps its heat in. 2. Clear, not white. 3. Up to eleven centimetres. 4. Fat is a poor conductor, so heat does not pass through it easily.
  2. 2.1. Earthquakes, and what causes the ground to shake. 2. Because a few earthquakes are strong enough to bring buildings down. 3. Stored energy released when two stuck plates finally slip. 4. Plates.

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