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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 photo of a bear asleep
  • B.A cut-away drawing showing the three layers
  • C.A map of the Arctic
2.A text says a tooth has a hard white outside and a soft middle. Which image would help most?
  • A.A photo of a smile
  • B.A tooth drawn cut in half, with each part labeled
  • C.A picture of a toothbrush
3.A text explains how magma rises through a volcano. What would a diagram show?
  • A.A volcano cut in half, with an arrow up the middle
  • B.A list of famous volcanoes
  • C.A volcano seen from far away
4.A drawing of a fire engine has labels. What do the labels do?
  • A.Name each part so you can find it
  • B.Make the drawing colorful
  • C.Tell you how fast it goes
5.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
6.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
7.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
8.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 photo of the author
  • C.A list of hard words

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Answer key — What a Diagram Adds

Set 24. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.A cut-away drawing showing the three layers
  2. 2.A tooth drawn cut in half, with each part labeled
  3. 3.A volcano cut in half, with an arrow up the middle
  4. 4.Name each part so you can find it
  5. 5.Which way something moves, or what comes next
  6. 6.It shows the plates and which way they move
  7. 7.Show where every part is, all at once
  8. 8.A picture of each stage, joined by arrows

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.