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Compare Two Characters is a free printable Grade 5 English worksheet on comparing two characters by sorting what each one does, aligned to Common Core standard RL.5.3. It prints 3 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two students 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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Compare Two Characters

RL.5.3

NameDate

Sort each one into the right box.

1.Sort each one: Careful Mira or Hasty Jonah?

Sort: waits for the glue to set, guesses an answer to save time, practices her speech three times, shouts out before the question ends

Careful MiraHasty Jonah
2.Sort each one: Careful Mira or Hasty Jonah?

Sort: tests the ice with a stick first, jumps into the lake without checking, asks when the last bus leaves, spends his money at the first stall

Careful MiraHasty Jonah
3.Sort each one: Careful Mira or Hasty Jonah?

Sort: packs a spare flashlight, runs for the bus without his bag, builds the model without the instructions, reads the map twice

Careful MiraHasty Jonah

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Answer key — Compare Two Characters

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  1. 1.1. guesses an answer to save time — Hasty Jonah 2. practices her speech three times — Careful Mira 3. shouts out before the question ends — Hasty Jonah 4. waits for the glue to set — Careful Mira
  2. 2.1. asks when the last bus leaves — Careful Mira 2. jumps into the lake without checking — Hasty Jonah 3. spends his money at the first stall — Hasty Jonah 4. tests the ice with a stick first — Careful Mira
  3. 3.1. builds the model without the instructions — Hasty Jonah 2. packs a spare flashlight — Careful Mira 3. reads the map twice — Careful Mira 4. runs for the bus without his bag — Hasty Jonah

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to RL.5.3 of the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts.