What the Picture Adds is a free printable Grade 2 English worksheet on matching a line of a story to the picture that shows it, aligned to Common Core standard RL.2.7. It prints 2 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.
Set 1 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
1.Join each sentence to the picture that would go with it.
Nana laughed so hard that flour flew everywhere.
The hare lay fast asleep under a shady tree.
The mouse nibbled through the ropes of the net.
Ada pulled a flat, hard loaf out of the oven.
A.A tiny mouse chewing a rope around a lion
B.A girl holding a flat loaf, with a sad face
C.A grandmother laughing in a cloud of white flour
D.A sleeping hare under a tree, a tortoise walking past
2.Join each sentence to the picture that would go with it.
Grandpa pointed at the waves rushing back in.
Tess lifted the starfish gently out of the pool.
Sami stood alone at the edge of the playground.
The crow dropped one more pebble into the jar.
A.An old man pointing at the sea coming up the beach
B.A black bird beside a jar full of stones
C.A girl holding a starfish over a rock pool
D.A boy on his own while other children play
LessonPrint · RL.2.7 · Set 1 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — What the Picture Adds
Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Nana laughed so hard that flour flew everywhere. — C (A grandmother laughing in a cloud of white flour) 2. The hare lay fast asleep under a shady tree. — D (A sleeping hare under a tree, a tortoise walking past) 3. The mouse nibbled through the ropes of the net. — A (A tiny mouse chewing a rope around a lion) 4. Ada pulled a flat, hard loaf out of the oven. — B (A girl holding a flat loaf, with a sad face)
2.1. Grandpa pointed at the waves rushing back in. — A (An old man pointing at the sea coming up the beach) 2. Tess lifted the starfish gently out of the pool. — C (A girl holding a starfish over a rock pool) 3. Sami stood alone at the edge of the playground. — D (A boy on his own while other children play) 4. The crow dropped one more pebble into the jar. — B (A black bird beside a jar full of stones)
Questions about What the Picture Adds
What does the What the Picture Adds worksheet cover?
It practices matching a line of a story to the picture that shows it — 2 questions for Grade 2, all on Common Core RL.2.7: Put the pictures and the words together to explain the story. The instruction to students is “Write the letter of the match next to each one”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.
Which Common Core standard does What the Picture Adds practice?
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2.7 — RL.2.7, under Reading: Literature for Grade 2. The published standard reads: “Use information gained from the illustrations and words in a print or digital text to demonstrate understanding of its characters, setting, or plot.” The worksheet assesses that standard rather than a paraphrase of it.
What age or grade is this worksheet for?
What the Picture Adds is written for Grade 2, typically ages 7-8. It is one of the sheets on RL.2.7, so it suits any student working at that standard — including older students revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.
Does What the Picture Adds come with an answer key?
Yes. All 2 answers are generated from the same problems as the questions, so the key cannot drift out of step with the sheet. It starts on a fresh sheet of paper, after the questions, so it is not handed out with the class by accident.
How many different versions of What the Picture Adds can I print?
25 — one per student, and all 25 ask different questions. Set 1 downloads the whole class as a single PDF. Every version is fixed to its own address, so a sheet printed today holds the same problems when you reopen it next week.
Is What the Picture Adds free to print and photocopy?
Yes. What the Picture Adds, its answer key and its 25 versions are free to print and photocopy for your own class, with no account, no email capture and no subscription at the download step. Please do not resell them or republish them as your own.
Is there a lesson plan to teach RL.2.7?
Yes — “Pictures and Words Together” is a 40-minute Grade 2 plan for RL.2.7, timed section by section, with the misconceptions to expect and an exit ticket. What the Picture Adds is the practice that follows it.
More practice for RL.2.7
Put the pictures and the words together to explain the story.
Teaching this next? Pictures and Words Together is the 40-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.