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 6 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: asks when the last bus leaves, guesses an answer to save time, counts her money before buying, sets off before the rain stops
Careful MiraHasty Jonah
2.Sort each one: Careful Mira or Hasty Jonah?
Sort: waits for the glue to set, writes a list before shopping, forgets his coat in the hurry, runs for the bus without his bag
Careful MiraHasty Jonah
3.Sort each one: Careful Mira or Hasty Jonah?
Sort: tests the ice with a stick first, checks the weather before the hike, posts the letter before signing it, spends his money at the first stall
Careful MiraHasty Jonah
LessonPrint · RL.5.3 · Set 6 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Compare Two Characters
Set 6. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. asks when the last bus leaves — Careful Mira 2. counts her money before buying — Careful Mira 3. guesses an answer to save time — Hasty Jonah 4. sets off before the rain stops — Hasty Jonah
2.1. forgets his coat in the hurry — Hasty Jonah 2. runs for the bus without his bag — Hasty Jonah 3. waits for the glue to set — Careful Mira 4. writes a list before shopping — Careful Mira
3.1. checks the weather before the hike — Careful Mira 2. posts the letter before signing it — Hasty Jonah 3. spends his money at the first stall — Hasty Jonah 4. tests the ice with a stick first — Careful Mira
More practice for RL.5.3
Compare two characters or settings using specific details.