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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.

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What a Diagram Adds

RI.2.7

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Circle the right answer.

1.A text says a polar bear has fat, then skin, then fur. Which picture would help most?
  • A.A photo of a bear asleep
  • B.A cut-away drawing showing the three layers
  • C.A map of the Arctic
2.A text explains how magma rises through a volcano. What would a diagram show?
  • A.A volcano seen from far away
  • B.A list of famous volcanoes
  • C.A volcano cut in half, with an arrow up the middle
3.A text says paper is sorted, pulped, pressed and dried. What would a diagram add?
  • A.A list of hard words
  • B.A picture of each stage, joined by arrows
  • C.A photo of the author
4.A diagram shows a frog's life cycle drawn in a circle. What does the circle show?
  • A.That the stages happen again and again
  • B.That frogs are round
  • C.That the pond is round
5.A text describes the steps of launching a lifeboat. Which image fits best?
  • A.A drawing of a fish
  • B.Numbered pictures of each step
  • C.A single photo of the sea
6.A text says two plates of rock push, stick and slip. How would a diagram help?
  • A.It shows the plates and which way they move
  • B.It tells you who wrote the text
  • C.It shows what time the earthquake happened
7.You cannot picture how a frog grows from the words alone. What would help?
  • A.A diagram of the stages from frogspawn to frog
  • B.A word in bold print
  • C.A longer title
8.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

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Answer key — What a Diagram Adds

Set 10. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.A cut-away drawing showing the three layers
  2. 2.A volcano cut in half, with an arrow up the middle
  3. 3.A picture of each stage, joined by arrows
  4. 4.That the stages happen again and again
  5. 5.Numbered pictures of each step
  6. 6.It shows the plates and which way they move
  7. 7.A diagram of the stages from frogspawn to frog
  8. 8.Name each part so you can find it

More practice for RI.2.7

Explain what a diagram adds that the words alone do not.

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to RI.2.7 of the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts.