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Grade 2 English Language Arts · Reading Informational Text

Grade 2 Reading Informational Text Practice Test

Build Grade 2 nonfiction reading comprehension with five 10-question practice tests on main ideas, key details, processes, text evidence, and simple inferences.

Reading Informational Text Practice Tests

These Grade 2 English Language Arts practice tests use short informational passages to help students find main ideas, important details, steps in a process, and evidence from the text. Topics include nature, recycling, maps, sleep, and bridges.

Skills covered

  • Finding the main idea of an informational passage
  • Locating key details and text evidence
  • Understanding steps in a process
  • Using nonfiction vocabulary and definitions
  • Making simple evidence-based inferences
  • Connecting details to the passage topic

How to use these practice tests

Read the passage once for the topic and a second time for details. Complete one 10-question test at a time. Underline the sentence that supports each answer and retell the process or facts in your own words.

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Grade 2 Reading Informational Text Practice Tests

A 10-question Grade 2 English Language Arts practice test on informational passages, main ideas, key details, processes, and text evidence.

Read each informational passage carefully. Find the main idea or supporting detail in the text, then choose one answer.

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1. QuestionMultiple choice

Read this passage: “Bees visit flowers to collect nectar and pollen. As a bee moves from flower to flower, pollen sticks to its body. The bee carries the pollen to another flower. This helps plants make fruits and seeds. Bees take nectar back to the hive and use it to make honey.” What is the main idea?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is Bees help plants by moving pollen as they visit flowers.

  1. Read the passage: Look for the sentence or group of details that supports the answer.
  2. Use text evidence: The passage explains that bees collect nectar and pollen, move pollen between flowers, and help plants make fruits and seeds.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is Bees help plants by moving pollen as they visit flowers.

The passage explains that bees collect nectar and pollen, move pollen between flowers, and help plants make fruits and seeds.

2. QuestionMultiple choice

In the bee passage, what do bees collect from flowers?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is Nectar and pollen.

  1. Read the passage: Look for the sentence or group of details that supports the answer.
  2. Use text evidence: The first sentence says bees visit flowers to collect nectar and pollen.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is Nectar and pollen.

The first sentence says bees visit flowers to collect nectar and pollen.

3. QuestionMultiple choice

According to the passage, what does pollen help plants make?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: C

The correct answer is Fruits and seeds.

  1. Read the passage: Look for the sentence or group of details that supports the answer.
  2. Use text evidence: The passage says moving pollen helps plants make fruits and seeds.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is Fruits and seeds.

The passage says moving pollen helps plants make fruits and seeds.

4. QuestionMultiple choice

Where do bees take nectar?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: D

The correct answer is To the hive.

  1. Read the passage: Look for the sentence or group of details that supports the answer.
  2. Use text evidence: The passage says bees take nectar back to the hive to make honey.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is To the hive.

The passage says bees take nectar back to the hive to make honey.

5. QuestionMultiple choice

What can the reader infer about bees in a garden?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is They can help garden plants grow fruit.

  1. Read the passage: Look for the sentence or group of details that supports the answer.
  2. Use text evidence: Because bees move pollen between flowers, they can help plants make fruits and seeds.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is They can help garden plants grow fruit.

Because bees move pollen between flowers, they can help plants make fruits and seeds.

6. QuestionMultiple choice

Read this passage: “Rain begins when warm air rises and cools. Water vapor in the air changes into tiny drops. The drops join together inside clouds. When the drops become heavy, they fall to the ground as rain. Rain gives water to plants, animals, and people.” What happens when warm air rises?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is It cools.

  1. Read the passage: Look for the sentence or group of details that supports the answer.
  2. Use text evidence: The passage says warm air rises and cools.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is It cools.

The passage says warm air rises and cools.

7. QuestionMultiple choice

What forms when water vapor changes into tiny drops?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: C

The correct answer is Clouds.

  1. Read the passage: Look for the sentence or group of details that supports the answer.
  2. Use text evidence: The tiny drops join together inside clouds.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is Clouds.

The tiny drops join together inside clouds.

8. QuestionMultiple choice

What happens when the drops in a cloud become heavy?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: D

The correct answer is They fall as rain.

  1. Read the passage: Look for the sentence or group of details that supports the answer.
  2. Use text evidence: The passage says heavy drops fall to the ground as rain.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is They fall as rain.

The passage says heavy drops fall to the ground as rain.

9. QuestionMultiple choice

Why is rain useful?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is It gives water to living things.

  1. Read the passage: Look for the sentence or group of details that supports the answer.
  2. Use text evidence: Rain provides water for plants, animals, and people.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is It gives water to living things.

Rain provides water for plants, animals, and people.

10. QuestionMultiple choice

What is the main idea of the rain passage?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is Rain is part of a process that moves water to the ground.

  1. Read the passage: Look for the sentence or group of details that supports the answer.
  2. Use text evidence: The passage describes how rain forms and how it brings water to living things.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is Rain is part of a process that moves water to the ground.

The passage describes how rain forms and how it brings water to living things.

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Frequently asked questions about Grade 2 reading informational text

What is informational text?

Informational text gives facts and explains a real topic, process, object, or event. It is also called nonfiction text.

How can students find the main idea?

Students can identify the topic, notice which idea is repeated or explained, and use the supporting details to state what the passage is mostly about.

How many questions are on this page?

The page includes five mini tests with 10 questions each, for 50 Grade 2 reading informational text questions in total.