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Show Me Where It Says That is a free printable Grade 2 English worksheet on quoting the words that prove an answer, aligned to Common Core standard RL.2.1. It prints 2 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions, 23 of them with 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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Show Me Where It Says That

RL.2.1

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Read the story, then answer the questions.

1.Read the text, then answer the questions.

The Lion and the Mouse

A lion lay sleeping in the sun. A mouse ran across his paw and woke him. The lion caught the mouse in one hand. "Please let me go," said the mouse. "One day I may help you." The lion laughed. How could a mouse help a lion? But he opened his hand. Weeks later the lion walked into a hunter's net. He roared and pulled, and the ropes only tightened. The mouse heard him. She came at once and gnawed the ropes, one strand at a time, until the lion could step free.

  1. 1. Which words show the lion did not believe the mouse?
  2. 2. Which sentence shows the lion's strength did not work?
2.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. 1. Which sentence shows the crow tried something before the pebbles?
  2. 2. Which words tell you the crow was thirsty?

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Answer key — Show Me Where It Says That

Set 17. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. "The lion laughed. How could a mouse help a lion?" 2. "He roared and pulled, and the ropes only tightened."
  2. 2.1. "She pushed the pitcher. It was too heavy to tip." 2. "A crow had flown for hours without finding water" and "drank until she had had enough".

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to RL.2.1 of the Common Core State Standards for English language arts.