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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 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
2.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
3.You cannot picture how a frog grows from the words alone. What would help?
  • A.A longer title
  • B.A word in bold print
  • C.A diagram of the stages from frogspawn to frog
4.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
5.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
6.A diagram shows a frog's life cycle drawn in a circle. What does the circle show?
  • A.That frogs are round
  • B.That the stages happen again and again
  • C.That the pond is round
7.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
8.What can a diagram do that a sentence cannot do easily?
  • A.Show where every part is, all at once
  • B.Tell you the author's name
  • C.Rhyme with the title

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Answer key — What a Diagram Adds

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  1. 1.A tooth drawn cut in half, with each part labeled
  2. 2.A cut-away drawing showing the three layers
  3. 3.A diagram of the stages from frogspawn to frog
  4. 4.It shows the plates and which way they move
  5. 5.Numbered pictures of each step
  6. 6.That the stages happen again and again
  7. 7.Which way something moves, or what comes next
  8. 8.Show where every part is, all at once

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.