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 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. How does the beginning set up the story?
4. What did Ada do at the end?

2.Read the text, then answer the questions.

The Kite in the Elm

Sami's kite caught in the top of the elm on the very first day. He tried throwing a ball at it. He tried a long stick. He tried shaking the trunk with both arms. The kite stayed exactly where it was. His sister Rana came out with a bucket and a length of washing line. She tied the line to the bucket handle, threw the bucket over the branch, and pulled. The branch bent. The kite slid off and dropped into the grass. "How did you know that would work?" said Sami. "I didn't," said Rana.

1. What did Rana say when Sami asked how she knew?
2. What does Rana's last line tell you about her?
3. How does the beginning set up the story?
4. How does the ending conclude the action?

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Answer key — Reading a Grade 2 Story

Set 19. Prints on its own sheet.

1.1. The yeast — she used the salt twice. 2. Bread. 3. It says this was the first time Ada made bread on her own, so a mistake is likely. 4. She washed the bowl out and started again.
2.1. "I didn't." 2. She is honest — she admits she was not sure it would work. 3. The kite gets caught on the very first day, so the whole story is about getting it back. 4. The kite is down and Rana admits she did not know it would work.

More practice for RL.2.10

Read and understand stories and poems at the Grade 2-3 level by the year's end.

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