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Words That Do More Than They Say is a free printable Grade 2 English worksheet on spotting a comparison inside a line, aligned to Common Core standard RL.2.4. It prints 2 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions, 22 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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Words That Do More Than They Say

RL.2.4

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Read the text, then answer the questions.

1.Read the text, then answer the questions.

Rain on the Roof

Rain on the roof, rain on the road, rain on the back of a slow brown toad. Rain on the window, rain on the pane, rain on the roses, rain, rain, rain. Rain in the gutter, rain in the drain, rain till the puddle is deep as a lane. Rain on the roof, rain on the road — and out comes the sun for the slow brown toad.

  1. 1. What is a "gutter" on a house?
  2. 2. The puddle is "deep as a lane". What does that mean?
  3. 3. "Deep as a lane" compares two things. What is being compared?
2.Read the text, then answer the questions.

Fog Morning

The hill has gone. The wood has gone. The postbox stands in a cloud, alone. No sheep, no gate, no crooked tree — only the ten short steps I see. I walk. The ten steps walk with me. The gate appears. And then the tree. The hill comes back. The wood comes back. The fog rolls off along the track.

  1. 1. "The ten steps walk with me" — can steps walk? What does the line really mean?
  2. 2. The tree is "crooked". What does crooked mean?
  3. 3. The fog "rolls off". What does that tell you?

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Answer key — Words That Do More Than They Say

Set 18. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. The channel along the edge of a roof that carries rainwater away. 2. It is very wide and deep — as big across as a small road. 3. The puddle is compared with a lane, to show how big it has got.
  2. 2.1. No — it means the circle of ten steps you can see moves along as you move. 2. Crooked means bent, not straight — the crooked tree in the fog. 3. The fog rolls off — it moves away along the track, turning over as it goes.

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to RL.2.4 of the Common Core State Standards for English language arts.