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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.

Inside a Fire Engine

A fire engine carries everything a crew might need, because there is no time to go back for anything. It holds about eighteen hundred litres of water. That sounds like a lot, but a hose can empty it in under three minutes, so the crew connect to a hydrant as soon as they can. Ladders are carried on the roof. The longest can reach a third-floor window. Inside are cutting tools for road accidents, breathing sets for smoke, and a thermal camera that finds a hot spot through a wall. The engine is red so that it is seen. The siren is for when being seen is not enough.

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

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Answer key — Would a Heading Help Here?

Set 7. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Why the engine is red and why it has a siren. 2. The water the engine carries and why the crew connect to a hydrant. 3. It could point at the ladders, the hose and the tools where they actually are on the engine.
  2. 2.1. The long hollow guard hairs and why they look white. 2. The layer of fat under the skin. 3. It could show the three layers in order, which is hard to hold in your head from words alone.

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