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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. How much water does a fire engine hold?
  2. 2. How high can the longest ladder reach?
  3. 3. What is the main topic of this text?
  4. 4. What is a "hydrant"?
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 a "plate" in this text?
  2. 2. What is the main topic of this text?
  3. 3. What does "released" mean here?
  4. 4. What are the huge slabs of crust called?

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Answer key — Reading a Grade 2 Fact Text

Set 8. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. About eighteen hundred litres. 2. A third-floor window. 3. What a fire engine carries and why. 4. A water point in the street that a fire crew can connect a hose to.
  2. 2.1. A huge slab of the Earth's crust. 2. Earthquakes, and what causes the ground to shake. 3. Let go all at once. 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.