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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.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
2.A text describes the steps of launching a lifeboat. Which image fits best?
  • A.A drawing of a fish
  • B.Numbered pictures of each step
  • C.A single photo of the sea
3.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
4.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 frogs are round
  • C.That the stages happen again and again
5.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 shows what time the earthquake happened
  • C.It tells you who wrote the text
6.A text says a polar bear has fat, then skin, then fur. Which picture would help most?
  • A.A photo of a bear asleep
  • B.A cut-away drawing showing the three layers
  • C.A map of the Arctic
7.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
8.You cannot picture how a frog grows from the words alone. What would help?
  • A.A longer title
  • B.A diagram of the stages from frogspawn to frog
  • C.A word in bold print

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Answer key — What a Diagram Adds

Set 22. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.To show where the hump, eyelashes and wide feet are
  2. 2.Numbered pictures of each step
  3. 3.Which way something moves, or what comes next
  4. 4.That the stages happen again and again
  5. 5.It shows the plates and which way they move
  6. 6.A cut-away drawing showing the three layers
  7. 7.Show where every part is, all at once
  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.