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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 map of the Arctic
  • C.A photo of a bear asleep
2.What does an arrow on a diagram usually show?
  • A.That the drawing is finished
  • B.Which way something moves, or what comes next
  • C.Where to start coloring
3.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 tooth drawn cut in half, with each part labeled
  • C.A photo of a smile
4.What can a diagram do that a sentence cannot do easily?
  • A.Tell you the author's name
  • B.Rhyme with the title
  • C.Show where every part is, all at once
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 tells you who wrote the text
  • C.It shows what time the earthquake happened
6.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
7.A drawing of a fire engine has labels. What do the labels do?
  • A.Tell you how fast it goes
  • B.Make the drawing colorful
  • C.Name each part so you can find it
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 4. Prints on its own sheet.

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

More practice for RI.2.7

Explain what a diagram adds that the words alone do not.

Teaching this next? Diagrams That Explain is the 40-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to RI.2.7 of the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts.