What the Picture Adds is a free printable Grade 2 English worksheet on using illustrations and words together, 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, 21 of them with different questions, so no two pupils in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.

Set 13 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.

One paper per pupil

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Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. 21 of these 25 sets ask different questions — this skill does not have 25 questions to give. The rest reorder them, so no two pupils have the same paper in front of them.

What the Picture Adds

RL.2.7

NameDate

Read the story, then answer the questions.

1.Read the text, then answer the questions.

The Bread That Would Not Rise

Nana let Ada make the bread on her own for the first time. Ada measured the flour, the salt and the water. She kneaded the dough until her arms ached. Then she covered the bowl and waited. An hour later the dough sat in the bowl exactly as she had left it. It had not risen at all. Nana looked at the packet on the shelf. "You used the salt twice," she said. "There is no yeast in it." Ada wanted to throw the bowl across the kitchen. Instead she washed it out and started again.

1. What would a picture of the middle of the story show?

2.Read the text, then answer the questions.

The New Boy

A new boy called Iosif joined the class in November. He did not speak much English yet. At playtime he stood by the wall. Some children waved. He looked away. Marta noticed he was watching the football. She rolled the ball to him. He stopped it neatly and rolled it back. They passed it for ten minutes without saying a word. When the bell went, Iosif said one word: "Tomorrow?" "Tomorrow," said Marta.

1. What would a picture of the middle of the story show?

LessonPrint · RL.2.7 · Set 13 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — What the Picture Adds

Set 13. Prints on its own sheet.

1.1. The flat unrisen dough sitting in the covered bowl.
2.1. Marta and Iosif rolling the football between them by the wall.

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.

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to RL.2.7 of the Common Core State Standards for English language arts.