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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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: runs for the bus without his bag, counts her money before buying, posts the letter before signing it, writes a list before shopping

Careful MiraHasty Jonah

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

Sort: shouts out before the question ends, builds the model without the instructions, checks the weather before the hike, reads the map twice

Careful MiraHasty Jonah

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

Sort: jumps into the lake without checking, waits for the glue to set, forgets his coat in the hurry, asks when the last bus leaves

Careful MiraHasty Jonah

LessonPrint · RL.5.3 · Set 16 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — Compare Two Characters

Set 16. Prints on its own sheet.

1.1. counts her money before buying — Careful Mira 2. posts the letter before signing it — Hasty Jonah 3. runs for the bus without his bag — Hasty Jonah 4. writes a list before shopping — Careful Mira
2.1. builds the model without the instructions — Hasty Jonah 2. checks the weather before the hike — Careful Mira 3. reads the map twice — Careful Mira 4. shouts out before the question ends — Hasty Jonah
3.1. asks when the last bus leaves — Careful Mira 2. forgets his coat in the hurry — Hasty Jonah 3. jumps into the lake without checking — Hasty Jonah 4. waits for the glue to set — Careful Mira

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