Reading a Grade 2 Story is a free printable Grade 2 English worksheet on reading a whole Grade 2 story and answering across it, aligned to Common Core standard RL.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 Story

RL.2.10

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Read the story, then answer the questions.

1.Read the text, then answer the questions.

The Crow and the Pitcher

A crow had flown for hours without finding water. At last she saw a pitcher standing in a garden. She landed on the rim and looked in. There was water at the bottom, but the neck was narrow and her beak could not reach it. She pushed the pitcher. It was too heavy to tip. Then the crow noticed the pebbles on the path. She picked one up and dropped it in. Then another. Then another. Each pebble pushed the water a little higher. After forty pebbles, the water reached the top. The crow drank until she had had enough.

1. How many pebbles did it take?
2. How does the crow respond to the problem of the narrow neck?
3. How does the beginning of this story set up the problem?
4. What is the moral of this fable?

2.Read the text, then answer the questions.

The Bread That Would Not Rise

Nana let Ada make the bread on her own for the first time. Ada measured the flour, the salt and the water. She kneaded the dough until her arms ached. Then she covered the bowl and waited. An hour later the dough sat in the bowl exactly as she had left it. It had not risen at all. Nana looked at the packet on the shelf. "You used the salt twice," she said. "There is no yeast in it." Ada wanted to throw the bowl across the kitchen. Instead she washed it out and started again.

1. What had Ada left out?
2. What was Ada making?
3. What does starting again tell you about Ada?
4. How does the ending conclude the action?

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Answer key — Reading a Grade 2 Story

Set 16. Prints on its own sheet.

1.1. Forty. 2. She does not give up — she tries pushing it, then drops in pebbles one at a time. 3. It says the crow had flown for hours without water, so finding the pitcher matters. 4. Little by little does the job — patience and thinking solve what strength cannot.
2.1. The yeast — she used the salt twice. 2. Bread. 3. She is determined — she washed the bowl out and started the bread again instead of throwing it. 4. Ada chooses to start again rather than throw the bowl.

More practice for RL.2.10

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