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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: saves half her pocket money, jumps into the lake without checking, builds the model without the instructions, checks the weather before the hike

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

Sort: counts her money before buying, reads the map twice, posts the letter before signing it, shouts out before the question ends

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

Sort: packs a spare flashlight, runs for the bus without his bag, practices her speech three times, spends his money at the first stall

Careful MiraHasty Jonah

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Answer key — Compare Two Characters

Set 18. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. builds the model without the instructions — Hasty Jonah 2. checks the weather before the hike — Careful Mira 3. jumps into the lake without checking — Hasty Jonah 4. saves half her pocket money — Careful Mira
  2. 2.1. counts her money before buying — Careful Mira 2. posts the letter before signing it — Hasty Jonah 3. reads the map twice — Careful Mira 4. shouts out before the question ends — Hasty Jonah
  3. 3.1. packs a spare flashlight — Careful Mira 2. practices her speech three times — Careful Mira 3. runs for the bus without his bag — Hasty Jonah 4. spends his money at the first stall — 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.