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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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Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. 23 of these 25 sets ask different questions — this skill does not have 25 questions to give. The rest reorder them, so no two pupils have the same paper in front of them.

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.

What the Tide Left

Every low tide, Grandad and Tess walked out to the rock pools. Tess wanted to take a starfish home. Grandad said no. "It would die in a bucket," he said. "Look at it here instead." Tess crouched for a long time. She saw the starfish move — slowly, on hundreds of tiny feet she had not known it had. She did not ask again. On the way back she said, "It's better in the pool anyway."

  1. 1. Which words give Grandad's reason for saying no?
  2. 2. Which sentence shows Tess changed her mind?
2.Read the text, then answer the questions.

Rain on the Roof

Rain on the roof, rain on the road, rain on the back of a slow brown toad. Rain on the window, rain on the pane, rain on the roses, rain, rain, rain. Rain in the gutter, rain in the drain, rain till the puddle is deep as a lane. Rain on the roof, rain on the road — and out comes the sun for the slow brown toad.

  1. 1. Which line is repeated in the poem?
  2. 2. Which words rhyme with "road"?

LessonPrint · RL.2.1 · Set 20 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — Show Me Where It Says That

Set 20. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. "It would die in a bucket." 2. "It's better in the pool anyway."
  2. 2.1. "Rain on the roof, rain on the road" — it opens the poem and returns at the end. 2. "Toad".

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