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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: builds the model without the instructions, guesses an answer to save time, checks the weather before the hike, writes a list before shopping

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

Sort: saves half her pocket money, spends his money at the first stall, pokes the paint to see if it is dry, waits for the glue to set

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

Sort: packs a spare flashlight, sets off before the rain stops, runs for the bus without his bag, asks when the last bus leaves

Careful MiraHasty Jonah

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Answer key — Compare Two Characters

Set 21. 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. guesses an answer to save time — Hasty Jonah 4. writes a list before shopping — Careful Mira
  2. 2.1. pokes the paint to see if it is dry — Hasty Jonah 2. saves half her pocket money — Careful Mira 3. spends his money at the first stall — Hasty Jonah 4. waits for the glue to set — Careful Mira
  3. 3.1. asks when the last bus leaves — Careful Mira 2. packs a spare flashlight — Careful Mira 3. runs for the bus without his bag — Hasty Jonah 4. sets off before the rain stops — 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.