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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 photo of a bear asleep
  • C.A map of the Arctic
2.A text describes the steps of launching a lifeboat. Which image fits best?
  • A.Numbered pictures of each step
  • B.A single photo of the sea
  • C.A drawing of a fish
3.A drawing of a fire engine has labels. What do the labels do?
  • A.Tell you how fast it goes
  • B.Name each part so you can find it
  • C.Make the drawing colorful
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.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 longer title
  • C.A word in bold print
6.A text says a tooth has a hard white outside and a soft middle. Which image would help most?
  • A.A tooth drawn cut in half, with each part labeled
  • B.A photo of a smile
  • C.A picture of a toothbrush
7.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
8.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

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Answer key — What a Diagram Adds

Set 17. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.A cut-away drawing showing the three layers
  2. 2.Numbered pictures of each step
  3. 3.Name each part so you can find it
  4. 4.It shows the plates and which way they move
  5. 5.A diagram of the stages from frogspawn to frog
  6. 6.A tooth drawn cut in half, with each part labeled
  7. 7.To show where the hump, eyelashes and wide feet are
  8. 8.That the stages happen again and again

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.