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Would a Heading Help Here? is a free printable Grade 2 English worksheet on saying what a text feature would add to a passage, aligned to Common Core standard RI.2.5. It prints 2 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask 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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Would a Heading Help Here?

RI.2.5

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Read the text, then answer the questions.

1.Read the text, then answer the questions.

Earthquakes

The Earth's crust is not one piece. It is broken into huge slabs called plates, and the plates are always moving — about as fast as your fingernails grow. Where two plates meet, they can catch on each other. Pressure builds up for years while they are stuck. When they finally slip, all that stored energy is released at once. The ground shakes. That shaking is an earthquake. Most earthquakes are too small to feel. A few are strong enough to bring down buildings, which is why new buildings in some places are made to sway.

  1. 1. How would a heading over the last paragraph help a reader?
  2. 2. What is the last paragraph about?
  3. 3. What is the second paragraph about?
2.Read the text, then answer the questions.

How a Polar Bear Stays Warm

A polar bear lives where the sea freezes. It has three ways of keeping its heat in. Under its skin is a layer of fat up to eleven centimetres thick. Fat is a poor conductor, so heat does not pass through it easily. Above that is dense underfur, packed tight so cold water cannot reach the skin. On top are long guard hairs. Each one is hollow and clear, not white. They look white because they scatter the light, the way snow does. A polar bear is so well insulated that it can overheat if it runs too far.

  1. 1. How would a labelled diagram help with this text?
  2. 2. What is the second paragraph about?
  3. 3. What is the fourth paragraph about?

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Answer key — Would a Heading Help Here?

Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. It would say that part is about how strong earthquakes are, so a reader could find it. 2. How strong earthquakes are, and how buildings are made to cope. 3. How plates catch on each other and pressure builds up.
  2. 2.1. It could show the three layers in order, which is hard to hold in your head from words alone. 2. The layer of fat under the skin. 3. The long hollow guard hairs and why they look white.

Questions about Would a Heading Help Here?

What does the Would a Heading Help Here? worksheet cover?

It practises saying what a text feature would add to a passage — 2 questions for Grade 2, all on Common Core RI.2.5: Use captions, bold print, subheadings and the index to find a fact quickly. 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 Would a Heading Help Here? practise?

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.2.5 — RI.2.5, in the Reading: Informational Text domain for Grade 2. The published standard reads: “Know and use various text features (e.g., captions, bold print, subheadings, glossaries, indexes, electronic menus, icons) to locate key facts or information in a text efficiently.” The worksheet assesses that standard rather than a paraphrase of it.

What age or grade is this worksheet for?

Would a Heading Help Here? is written for Grade 2, typically ages 7-8. It is one of the sheets on RI.2.5, so it suits any pupil working at that standard — including older pupils revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.

Does Would a Heading Help Here? 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 Would a Heading Help Here? can I print?

25 — one per pupil, and all 25 ask different questions. Set 1 downloads the whole class as a single PDF. Every version is fixed to its own address, so a sheet printed today holds the same problems when you reopen it next week.

Is Would a Heading Help Here? free to print and photocopy?

Yes. Would a Heading Help Here?, 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.

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to RI.2.5 of the Common Core State Standards for English language arts.