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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.

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. What is the second paragraph about?
  2. 2. What is the fourth paragraph about?
  3. 3. How would numbered steps help this text?
2.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. 1. How would subheadings help in this text?
  2. 2. What is the fourth paragraph about?
  3. 3. What is the second paragraph about?

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Answer key — Would a Heading Help Here?

Set 15. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. The pagers going off and the volunteer crew getting to the station. 2. Searching at sea and getting people off the boat. 3. The whole text is a sequence, and numbers would show the order at a glance.
  2. 2.1. Each body part could have its own named section, so a reader could find the hump or the feet directly. 2. The camel's wide flat feet and why they matter in soft sand. 3. The hump, and the fat stored in it.

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