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Two Texts on One Topic is a free printable Grade 2 English worksheet on comparing the most important points of two texts, aligned to Common Core standard RI.2.9. 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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Two Texts on One Topic

RI.2.9

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Read Text 1 and answer the question under it.

1.Read Text 1 and answer the question under it.

Text 1: How Paper Is Recycled

Used paper does not become new paper by magic. It goes through five stages. First it is sorted. Card, newspaper and office paper are separated, because each makes a different grade of new paper. Second it is pulped. The paper is mixed with water and churned until the fibres come apart. Third it is cleaned. Staples, glue and ink are removed. Ink is lifted out with air bubbles. Fourth the pulp is pressed flat between rollers and dried. Fifth it is cut into sheets. Paper can be recycled about five to seven times before its fibres get too short to hold together.

  1. 1. How many times can paper be recycled?
2.Now read Text 2 and answer these questions about BOTH texts.

Text 2: How Glass Is Recycled

Glass is unusual. It can be melted and remade for ever without getting any worse. Bottles are first sorted by colour. Clear, green and brown glass have to be kept apart, because you cannot make clear glass from green. The glass is then crushed into small pieces called cullet. Metal lids are pulled out with a magnet. Cullet melts at a lower temperature than the raw materials glass is made from. That means recycling glass uses less energy than making it new. The melted glass is poured into moulds and blown into new bottles.

  1. 1. How is glass recycling like paper recycling?
  2. 2. How is paper different from glass in recycling?
  3. 3. How is recycling paper like recycling glass?

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Answer key — Two Texts on One Topic

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  1. 1.1. About five to seven times.
  2. 2.1. Both sort the material first and both turn it back into the same kind of product. 2. Paper fibres wear out after five to seven times; glass can be melted again and again. 3. Both take a used material through stages to make something new from it.

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to RI.2.9 of the Common Core State Standards for English language arts.