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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

NameDate

Circle the right answer.

1.A text says a polar bear has fat, then skin, then fur. Which picture would help most?
  • A.A cut-away drawing showing the three layers
  • B.A map of the Arctic
  • C.A photo of a bear asleep
2.A text explains how magma rises through a volcano. What would a diagram show?
  • A.A list of famous volcanoes
  • B.A volcano seen from far away
  • C.A volcano cut in half, with an arrow up the middle
3.What does an arrow on a diagram usually show?
  • A.Which way something moves, or what comes next
  • B.Where to start coloring
  • C.That the drawing is finished
4.A text says paper is sorted, pulped, pressed and dried. What would a diagram add?
  • A.A picture of each stage, joined by arrows
  • B.A list of hard words
  • C.A photo of the author
5.A drawing of a fire engine has labels. What do the labels do?
  • A.Tell you how fast it goes
  • B.Make the drawing colorful
  • C.Name each part so you can find it
6.Why might a text about camels include a labeled drawing?
  • A.To tell a story about a camel
  • B.To show where the hump, eyelashes and wide feet are
  • C.To make the page longer
7.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
8.You cannot picture how a frog grows from the words alone. What would help?
  • A.A word in bold print
  • B.A diagram of the stages from frogspawn to frog
  • C.A longer title

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Answer key — What a Diagram Adds

Set 13. 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.Which way something moves, or what comes next
  4. 4.A picture of each stage, joined by arrows
  5. 5.Name each part so you can find it
  6. 6.To show where the hump, eyelashes and wide feet are
  7. 7.That the stages happen again and again
  8. 8.A diagram of the stages from frogspawn to frog

More practice for RI.2.7

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