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 20 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: spends his money at the first stall, checks the weather before the hike, sets off before the rain stops, packs a spare flashlight
Careful MiraHasty Jonah
2.Sort each one: Careful Mira or Hasty Jonah?
Sort: reads the map twice, runs for the bus without his bag, saves half her pocket money, pokes the paint to see if it is dry
Careful MiraHasty Jonah
3.Sort each one: Careful Mira or Hasty Jonah?
Sort: waits for the glue to set, forgets his coat in the hurry, guesses an answer to save time, asks when the last bus leaves
Careful MiraHasty Jonah
LessonPrint · RL.5.3 · Set 20 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Compare Two Characters
Set 20. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. checks the weather before the hike — Careful Mira 2. packs a spare flashlight — Careful Mira 3. sets off before the rain stops — Hasty Jonah 4. spends his money at the first stall — Hasty Jonah
2.1. pokes the paint to see if it is dry — Hasty Jonah 2. reads the map twice — Careful Mira 3. runs for the bus without his bag — Hasty Jonah 4. saves half her pocket money — Careful Mira
3.1. asks when the last bus leaves — Careful Mira 2. forgets his coat in the hurry — Hasty Jonah 3. guesses an answer to save time — Hasty Jonah 4. waits for the glue to set — Careful Mira
More practice for RL.5.3
Compare two characters or settings using specific details.