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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: pokes the paint to see if it is dry, runs for the bus without his bag, waits for the glue to set, checks the weather before the hike

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

Sort: saves half her pocket money, packs a spare flashlight, sets off before the rain stops, posts the letter before signing it

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

Sort: asks when the last bus leaves, builds the model without the instructions, spends his money at the first stall, practices her speech three times

Careful MiraHasty Jonah

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Answer key — Compare Two Characters

Set 19. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. checks the weather before the hike — Careful Mira 2. pokes the paint to see if it is dry — Hasty Jonah 3. runs for the bus without his bag — Hasty Jonah 4. waits for the glue to set — Careful Mira
  2. 2.1. packs a spare flashlight — Careful Mira 2. posts the letter before signing it — Hasty Jonah 3. saves half her pocket money — Careful Mira 4. sets off before the rain stops — Hasty Jonah
  3. 3.1. asks when the last bus leaves — Careful Mira 2. builds the model without the instructions — Hasty Jonah 3. practices her speech three times — Careful Mira 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.