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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: asks when the last bus leaves, practices her speech three times, sets off before the rain stops, spends his money at the first stall

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

Sort: builds the model without the instructions, packs a spare flashlight, waits for the glue to set, forgets his coat in the hurry

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

Sort: counts her money before buying, checks the weather before the hike, shouts out before the question ends, jumps into the lake without checking

Careful MiraHasty Jonah

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Answer key — Compare Two Characters

Set 17. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. asks when the last bus leaves — Careful Mira 2. practices her speech three times — Careful Mira 3. sets off before the rain stops — Hasty Jonah 4. spends his money at the first stall — Hasty Jonah
  2. 2.1. builds the model without the instructions — Hasty Jonah 2. forgets his coat in the hurry — Hasty Jonah 3. packs a spare flashlight — Careful Mira 4. waits for the glue to set — Careful Mira
  3. 3.1. checks the weather before the hike — Careful Mira 2. counts her money before buying — Careful Mira 3. jumps into the lake without checking — Hasty Jonah 4. shouts out before the question ends — 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.