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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 describes the steps of launching a lifeboat. Which image fits best?
  • A.Numbered pictures of each step
  • B.A drawing of a fish
  • C.A single photo of the sea
2.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
3.A text explains how magma rises through a volcano. What would a diagram show?
  • A.A volcano seen from far away
  • B.A volcano cut in half, with an arrow up the middle
  • C.A list of famous volcanoes
4.Why might a text about camels include a labeled drawing?
  • A.To show where the hump, eyelashes and wide feet are
  • B.To tell a story about a camel
  • C.To make the page longer
5.What can a diagram do that a sentence cannot do easily?
  • A.Show where every part is, all at once
  • B.Rhyme with the title
  • C.Tell you the author's name
6.A diagram shows a frog's life cycle drawn in a circle. What does the circle show?
  • A.That the pond is round
  • B.That the stages happen again and again
  • C.That frogs are round
7.What does an arrow on a diagram usually show?
  • A.Where to start coloring
  • B.That the drawing is finished
  • C.Which way something moves, or what comes next
8.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

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Answer key — What a Diagram Adds

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  1. 1.Numbered pictures of each step
  2. 2.A picture of each stage, joined by arrows
  3. 3.A volcano cut in half, with an arrow up the middle
  4. 4.To show where the hump, eyelashes and wide feet are
  5. 5.Show where every part is, all at once
  6. 6.That the stages happen again and again
  7. 7.Which way something moves, or what comes next
  8. 8.A cut-away drawing showing the three layers

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.