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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 Paper Is Recycled

Used paper does not become new paper by magic. It goes through five stages. First it is sorted. Card, newspaper and office paper are separated, because each makes a different grade of new paper. Second it is pulped. The paper is mixed with water and churned until the fibres come apart. Third it is cleaned. Staples, glue and ink are removed. Ink is lifted out with air bubbles. Fourth the pulp is pressed flat between rollers and dried. Fifth it is cut into sheets. Paper can be recycled about five to seven times before its fibres get too short to hold together.

  1. 1. How is paper different from glass in recycling?
  2. 2. How is recycling paper like recycling glass?
2.Read the text, then answer the questions.

Launching a Lifeboat

When a boat is in trouble, a call goes out to the lifeboat station. Pagers sound. The crew are volunteers, so they stop whatever they are doing and drive to the station. Most arrive within six minutes. They pull on drysuits and lifejackets and climb aboard. The boat slides down a ramp into the sea and the engines start. At sea, the crew look for a flare, a light, or a shape in the water. Once they find the boat, they take the people off first and the boat second. A lifeboat can right itself if a wave rolls it over.

  1. 1. How is a lifeboat crew like a fire crew?
  2. 2. How is a lifeboat different from an ordinary boat?

LessonPrint · RI.2.9 · Set 22 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — Which Text Says More?

Set 22. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Paper fibres wear out after five to seven times; glass can be melted again and again. 2. Both take a used material through stages to make something new from it.
  2. 2.1. Both are called out by an alarm and both go towards danger to get people out. 2. It can right itself after a wave rolls it over.

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to RI.2.9 of the Common Core State Standards for English language arts.