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, tests the ice with a stick first, asks when the last bus leaves

Careful MiraHasty Jonah

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

Sort: reads the map twice, forgets his coat in the hurry, checks the weather before the hike, builds the model without the instructions

Careful MiraHasty Jonah

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

Sort: writes a list before shopping, spends his money at the first stall, shouts out before the question ends, packs a spare flashlight

Careful MiraHasty Jonah

LessonPrint · RL.5.3 · Set 4 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — Compare Two Characters

Set 4. Prints on its own sheet.

1.1. asks when the last bus leaves — 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. tests the ice with a stick first — Careful Mira
2.1. builds the model without the instructions — Hasty Jonah 2. checks the weather before the hike — Careful Mira 3. forgets his coat in the hurry — Hasty Jonah 4. reads the map twice — Careful Mira
3.1. packs a spare flashlight — Careful Mira 2. shouts out before the question ends — Hasty Jonah 3. spends his money at the first stall — Hasty Jonah 4. writes a list before shopping — Careful Mira

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to RL.5.3 of the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts.