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.
Set 12 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. All 25 sets ask different questions.
Compare Two Characters
RL.5.3
NameDate
Sort each one into the right box.
1.Sort each one: Careful Mira or Hasty Jonah?
Sort: pokes the paint to see if it is dry, asks when the last bus leaves, packs a spare flashlight, sets off before the rain stops
Careful MiraHasty Jonah
2.Sort each one: Careful Mira or Hasty Jonah?
Sort: reads the map twice, saves half her pocket money, posts the letter before signing it, spends his money at the first stall
Careful MiraHasty Jonah
3.Sort each one: Careful Mira or Hasty Jonah?
Sort: tests the ice with a stick first, waits for the glue to set, shouts out before the question ends, builds the model without the instructions
Careful MiraHasty Jonah
LessonPrint · RL.5.3 · Set 12 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Compare Two Characters
Set 12. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. asks when the last bus leaves — Careful Mira 2. packs a spare flashlight — Careful Mira 3. pokes the paint to see if it is dry — Hasty Jonah 4. sets off before the rain stops — Hasty Jonah
2.1. posts the letter before signing it — Hasty Jonah 2. reads the map twice — Careful Mira 3. saves half her pocket money — Careful Mira 4. spends his money at the first stall — Hasty Jonah
3.1. builds the model without the instructions — Hasty Jonah 2. shouts out before the question ends — Hasty Jonah 3. tests the ice with a stick first — Careful Mira 4. waits for the glue to set — Careful Mira
More practice for RL.5.3
Compare two characters or settings using specific details.