What a Diagram Adds is a free printable Grade 2 English worksheet on choosing the picture or diagram that makes a text clearer, aligned to Common Core standard RI.2.7. It prints 8 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two students in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.
Set 1 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
1.A text describes the steps of launching a lifeboat. Which image fits best?
A.A single photo of the sea
B.Numbered pictures of each step
C.A drawing of a fish
2.A text says a tooth has a hard white outside and a soft middle. Which image would help most?
A.A picture of a toothbrush
B.A photo of a smile
C.A tooth drawn cut in half, with each part labeled
3.A drawing of a fire engine has labels. What do the labels do?
A.Make the drawing colorful
B.Name each part so you can find it
C.Tell you how fast it goes
4.A text says two plates of rock push, stick and slip. How would a diagram help?
A.It shows what time the earthquake happened
B.It tells you who wrote the text
C.It shows the plates and which way they move
5.A diagram shows a frog's life cycle drawn in a circle. What does the circle show?
A.That the pond is round
B.That frogs are round
C.That the stages happen again and again
6.A text says a polar bear has fat, then skin, then fur. Which picture would help most?
A.A map of the Arctic
B.A cut-away drawing showing the three layers
C.A photo of a bear asleep
7.What can a diagram do that a sentence cannot do easily?
A.Tell you the author's name
B.Rhyme with the title
C.Show where every part is, all at once
8.Why might a text about camels include a labeled drawing?
A.To make the page longer
B.To show where the hump, eyelashes and wide feet are
C.To tell a story about a camel
LessonPrint · RI.2.7 · Set 1 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — What a Diagram Adds
Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.
1.Numbered pictures of each step
2.A tooth drawn cut in half, with each part labeled
3.Name each part so you can find it
4.It shows the plates and which way they move
5.That the stages happen again and again
6.A cut-away drawing showing the three layers
7.Show where every part is, all at once
8.To show where the hump, eyelashes and wide feet are
Questions about What a Diagram Adds
What does the What a Diagram Adds worksheet cover?
It practices choosing the picture or diagram that makes a text clearer — 8 questions for Grade 2, all on Common Core RI.2.7: Explain what a diagram adds that the words alone do not. The instruction to students is “Circle the right answer”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.
Which Common Core standard does What a Diagram Adds practice?
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.2.7 — RI.2.7, under Reading: Informational Text for Grade 2. The published standard reads: “Explain how specific images (e.g., a diagram showing how a machine works) contribute to and clarify a text.” The worksheet assesses that standard rather than a paraphrase of it.
What age or grade is this worksheet for?
What a Diagram Adds is written for Grade 2, typically ages 7-8. It is one of the sheets on RI.2.7, so it suits any student working at that standard — including older students revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.
Does What a Diagram Adds come with an answer key?
Yes. All 8 answers are generated from the same problems as the questions, so the key cannot drift out of step with the sheet. It starts on a fresh sheet of paper, after the questions, so it is not handed out with the class by accident.
How many different versions of What a Diagram Adds can I print?
25 — one per student, and all 25 ask different questions. Set 1 downloads the whole class as a single PDF. Every version is fixed to its own address, so a sheet printed today holds the same problems when you reopen it next week.
Is What a Diagram Adds free to print and photocopy?
Yes. What a Diagram Adds, its answer key and its 25 versions are free to print and photocopy for your own class, with no account, no email capture and no subscription at the download step. Please do not resell them or republish them as your own.
Is there a lesson plan to teach RI.2.7?
Yes — “Diagrams That Explain” is a 40-minute Grade 2 plan for RI.2.7, timed section by section, with the misconceptions to expect and an exit ticket. What a Diagram Adds is the practice that follows it.
More practice for RI.2.7
Explain what a diagram adds that the words alone do not.
Teaching this next? Diagrams That Explain is the 40-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.