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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. What is the second paragraph about?
  2. 2. How would a heading over the last paragraph help a reader?
  3. 3. What is the last paragraph about?
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?

LessonPrint · RI.2.5 · Set 20 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — Would a Heading Help Here?

Set 20. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. How plates catch on each other and pressure builds up. 2. It would say that part is about how strong earthquakes are, so a reader could find it. 3. How strong earthquakes are, and how buildings are made to cope.
  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.