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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.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
2.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
3.You cannot picture how a frog grows from the words alone. What would help?
  • A.A word in bold print
  • B.A longer title
  • C.A diagram of the stages from frogspawn to frog
4.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 list of hard words
  • C.A photo of the author
5.Why might a text about camels include a labeled drawing?
  • A.To make the page longer
  • B.To show where the hump, eyelashes and wide feet are
  • C.To tell a story about a camel
6.A text explains how magma rises through a volcano. What would a diagram show?
  • A.A list of famous volcanoes
  • B.A volcano seen from far away
  • C.A volcano cut in half, with an arrow up the middle
7.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 the pond is round
  • C.That frogs are round
8.A text says two plates of rock push, stick and slip. How would a diagram help?
  • A.It shows what time the earthquake happened
  • B.It shows the plates and which way they move
  • C.It tells you who wrote the text

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Answer key — What a Diagram Adds

Set 6. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.Name each part so you can find it
  2. 2.A cut-away drawing showing the three layers
  3. 3.A diagram of the stages from frogspawn to frog
  4. 4.A picture of each stage, joined by arrows
  5. 5.To show where the hump, eyelashes and wide feet are
  6. 6.A volcano cut in half, with an arrow up the middle
  7. 7.That the stages happen again and again
  8. 8.It shows the plates and which way they move

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.