Which Text Says More? is a free printable Grade 2 English worksheet on weighing what each of two texts covers, aligned to Common Core standard RI.2.9. It prints 2 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions, 24 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 1 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
24 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.
Which Text Says More?
RI.2.9
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Read the text, then answer the questions.
1.Read the text, then answer the questions.
Inside a Fire Engine
A fire engine carries everything a crew might need, because there is no time to go back for anything.
It holds about eighteen hundred litres of water. That sounds like a lot, but a hose can empty it in under three minutes, so the crew connect to a hydrant as soon as they can.
Ladders are carried on the roof. The longest can reach a third-floor window.
Inside are cutting tools for road accidents, breathing sets for smoke, and a thermal camera that finds a hot spot through a wall.
The engine is red so that it is seen. The siren is for when being seen is not enough.
1. How is a fire engine like a lifeboat?
2. How is a fire crew's journey different from a lifeboat crew's?
2.Read the text, then answer the questions.
How Glass Is Recycled
Glass is unusual. It can be melted and remade for ever without getting any worse.
Bottles are first sorted by colour. Clear, green and brown glass have to be kept apart, because you cannot make clear glass from green.
The glass is then crushed into small pieces called cullet. Metal lids are pulled out with a magnet.
Cullet melts at a lower temperature than the raw materials glass is made from. That means recycling glass uses less energy than making it new.
The melted glass is poured into moulds and blown into new bottles.
1. How is glass recycling like paper recycling?
2. How is glass better than paper for recycling?
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Answer key — Which Text Says More?
Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Both carry everything a crew needs and both are sent out when somebody is in danger. 2. The fire engine drives to the fire; the lifeboat launches down a ramp into the sea.
2.1. Both sort the material first and both turn it back into the same kind of product. 2. Glass can be remade for ever; paper fibres wear out after five to seven times.
Questions about Which Text Says More?
What does the Which Text Says More? worksheet cover?
It practises weighing what each of two texts covers — 2 questions for Grade 2, all on Common Core RI.2.9: Compare the main points two texts make about the same topic. The instruction to pupils is “Read the text, then answer the questions”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.
Which Common Core standard does Which Text Says More? practise?
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.2.9 — RI.2.9, in the Reading: Informational Text domain for Grade 2. The published standard reads: “Compare and contrast the most important points presented by two texts on the same topic.” The worksheet assesses that standard rather than a paraphrase of it.
What age or grade is this worksheet for?
Which Text Says More? is written for Grade 2, typically ages 7-8. It is one of the sheets on RI.2.9, so it suits any pupil working at that standard — including older pupils revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.
Does Which Text Says More? 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 Which Text Says More? can I print?
25 versions, of which 24 ask genuinely different questions — this skill does not have 25 distinct questions to give, so the rest reorder them and no two pupils still share a paper. Set 1 downloads all 25 as one PDF.
Is Which Text Says More? free to print and photocopy?
Yes. Which Text Says More?, 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.
More practice for RI.2.9
Compare the main points two texts make about the same topic.