What the Picture Adds is a free printable Grade 2 English worksheet on using illustrations and words together, aligned to Common Core standard RL.2.7. It prints 2 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions, 21 of them with different questions, so no two pupils in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.
Set 1 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
21 of these 25 sets ask different questions — this skill does not have 25 questions to give. The rest reorder them, so no two pupils have the same paper in front of them.
What the Picture Adds
RL.2.7
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Read the story, then answer the questions.
1.Read the text, then answer the questions.
What the Tide Left
Every low tide, Grandad and Tess walked out to the rock pools.
Tess wanted to take a starfish home. Grandad said no. "It would die in a bucket," he said. "Look at it here instead."
Tess crouched for a long time. She saw the starfish move — slowly, on hundreds of tiny feet she had not known it had.
She did not ask again. On the way back she said, "It's better in the pool anyway."
1. What would a picture of the middle of the story show?
2.Read the text, then answer the questions.
Rain on the Roof
Rain on the roof, rain on the road,
rain on the back of a slow brown toad.
Rain on the window, rain on the pane,
rain on the roses, rain, rain, rain.
Rain in the gutter, rain in the drain,
rain till the puddle is deep as a lane.
Rain on the roof, rain on the road —
and out comes the sun for the slow brown toad.
1. What would a picture for the last verse show?
LessonPrint · RL.2.7 · Set 1 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — What the Picture Adds
Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Tess crouching over the rock pool watching the starfish.
2.1. The sun coming out over the road, with the brown toad still there.
Questions about What the Picture Adds
What does the What the Picture Adds worksheet cover?
It practises using illustrations and words together — 2 questions for Grade 2, all on Common Core RL.2.7: Put the pictures and the words together to explain the story. The instruction to pupils is “Read the story, then answer the questions”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.
Which Common Core standard does What the Picture Adds practise?
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2.7 — RL.2.7, in the Reading: Literature domain for Grade 2. The published standard reads: “Use information gained from the illustrations and words in a print or digital text to demonstrate understanding of its characters, setting, or plot.” The worksheet assesses that standard rather than a paraphrase of it.
What age or grade is this worksheet for?
What the Picture Adds is written for Grade 2, typically ages 7-8. It is one of the sheets on RL.2.7, so it suits any pupil working at that standard — including older pupils revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.
Does What the Picture Adds come with an answer key?
Yes. All 2 answers are generated from the same problems as the questions, so the key cannot drift out of step with the sheet. It starts on a fresh sheet of paper, after the questions, so it is not handed out with the class by accident.
How many different versions of What the Picture Adds can I print?
25 versions, of which 21 ask genuinely different questions — this skill does not have 25 distinct questions to give, so the rest reorder them and no two pupils still share a paper. Set 1 downloads all 25 as one PDF.
Is What the Picture Adds free to print and photocopy?
Yes. What the Picture Adds, its answer key and its 25 versions are free to print and photocopy for your own class, with no account, no email capture and no subscription at the download step. Please do not resell them or republish them as your own.
Is there a lesson plan to teach RL.2.7?
Yes — “Pictures and Words Together” is a 40-minute Grade 2 plan for RL.2.7, timed section by section, with the misconceptions to expect and an exit ticket. What the Picture Adds is the practice that follows it.
More practice for RL.2.7
Put the pictures and the words together to explain the story.
Teaching this next? Pictures and Words Together is the 40-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.