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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.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
2.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
3.A text explains how magma rises through a volcano. What would a diagram show?
  • A.A list of famous volcanoes
  • B.A volcano cut in half, with an arrow up the middle
  • 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.Tell you how fast it goes
  • C.Make the drawing colorful
5.A text says paper is sorted, pulped, pressed and dried. What would a diagram add?
  • A.A photo of the author
  • B.A list of hard words
  • C.A picture of each stage, joined by arrows
6.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
7.A diagram shows a frog's life cycle drawn in a circle. What does the circle show?
  • A.That frogs are round
  • B.That the pond is round
  • C.That the stages happen again and again
8.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

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Answer key — What a Diagram Adds

Set 8. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.Which way something moves, or what comes next
  2. 2.To show where the hump, eyelashes and wide feet are
  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.A picture of each stage, joined by arrows
  6. 6.Numbered pictures of each step
  7. 7.That the stages happen again and again
  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.