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.
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Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. 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.
How a Camel Survives
A camel can cross a desert that would kill most animals. Almost every part of it helps.
Its hump is not full of water. It is full of fat. The camel uses the fat for energy when there is no food, which is why the hump sags on a hungry camel.
A camel has two rows of long eyelashes and can close its nostrils. Both keep sand out during a storm.
Its feet are wide and flat. They spread the camel's weight so it does not sink into soft sand.
A thirsty camel can drink a hundred litres in ten minutes.
1. How is a camel like a polar bear?
2. How is a camel different from a polar bear?
2.Read the text, then answer the questions.
Volcanoes
A volcano is an opening in the Earth's crust where hot rock reaches the surface.
Deep underground, rock is so hot that it melts. Melted rock is called magma. Magma is lighter than the solid rock around it, so it rises.
When magma reaches the surface it is called lava. Lava can pour out slowly in rivers, or it can burst out in an explosion, depending on how thick it is.
As lava cools it hardens into new rock. Layer after layer, this new rock builds the mountain we call a volcano.
1. How is a volcano different from an earthquake?
2. How is a volcano like an earthquake?
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Answer key — Which Text Says More?
Set 13. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Both have bodies built for a hard place most animals could not live in. 2. A camel is built for heat and dry sand; a polar bear is built for cold and ice.
2.1. A volcano builds new rock at the surface; an earthquake shakes the ground that is already there. 2. Both happen because of movement and heat inside the Earth.
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to RI.2.9 of the Common Core State Standards for English language arts.