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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 paper is sorted, pulped, pressed and dried. What would a diagram add?
  • A.A photo of the author
  • B.A picture of each stage, joined by arrows
  • C.A list of hard words
2.A text says two plates of rock push, stick and slip. How would a diagram help?
  • A.It tells you who wrote the text
  • B.It shows what time the earthquake happened
  • C.It shows the plates and which way they move
3.A text describes the steps of launching a lifeboat. Which image fits best?
  • A.A single photo of the sea
  • B.A drawing of a fish
  • C.Numbered pictures of each step
4.What does an arrow on a diagram usually show?
  • A.Where to start coloring
  • B.Which way something moves, or what comes next
  • C.That the drawing is finished
5.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 the pond is round
  • C.That frogs are round
6.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
7.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 photo of a bear asleep
  • C.A cut-away drawing showing the three layers
8.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

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Answer key — What a Diagram Adds

Set 12. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.A picture of each stage, joined by arrows
  2. 2.It shows the plates and which way they move
  3. 3.Numbered pictures of each step
  4. 4.Which way something moves, or what comes next
  5. 5.That the stages happen again and again
  6. 6.To show where the hump, eyelashes and wide feet are
  7. 7.A cut-away drawing showing the three layers
  8. 8.A tooth drawn cut in half, with each part labeled

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.