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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.

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. What is the second paragraph about?
  2. 2. The text uses First, Second, Third. Why?
  3. 3. How is this whole text organised?
2.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?

LessonPrint · RI.2.5 · Set 17 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — Would a Heading Help Here?

Set 17. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Sorting the paper into card, newspaper and office paper. 2. To mark each stage so the reader can follow the order. 3. As five numbered stages in the order they happen.
  2. 2.1. 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.

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