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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: “Sea turtles begin life inside eggs buried in warm sand. When the baby turtles hatch, they crawl toward the ocean. They use light from the open sky to help find the water. In the ocean, they swim and grow. Adult sea turtles return to beaches to lay eggs.” What is the main idea?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is Sea turtles grow through a life cycle connected to beaches and the ocean.

  1. Read the passage: Look for the sentence or group of details that supports the answer.
  2. Use text evidence: The passage describes turtle eggs, hatching, swimming in the ocean, growing, and returning to beaches to lay eggs.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is Sea turtles grow through a life cycle connected to beaches and the ocean.

The passage describes turtle eggs, hatching, swimming in the ocean, growing, and returning to beaches to lay eggs.

2. QuestionMultiple choice

Where are sea turtle eggs buried?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is In warm sand.

  1. Read the passage: Look for the sentence or group of details that supports the answer.
  2. Use text evidence: The passage says the eggs are buried in warm sand.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is In warm sand.

The passage says the eggs are buried in warm sand.

3. QuestionMultiple choice

What do baby sea turtles do after they hatch?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: C

The correct answer is They crawl toward the ocean.

  1. Read the passage: Look for the sentence or group of details that supports the answer.
  2. Use text evidence: After hatching, the baby turtles crawl toward the ocean.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is They crawl toward the ocean.

After hatching, the baby turtles crawl toward the ocean.

4. QuestionMultiple choice

Why do the baby turtles use light from the open sky?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: D

The correct answer is It helps them find the water.

  1. Read the passage: Look for the sentence or group of details that supports the answer.
  2. Use text evidence: The passage explains that light from the open sky helps the babies find the ocean.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is It helps them find the water.

The passage explains that light from the open sky helps the babies find the ocean.

5. QuestionMultiple choice

What can the reader infer about adult sea turtles?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is They return to beaches to lay eggs.

  1. Read the passage: Look for the sentence or group of details that supports the answer.
  2. Use text evidence: The last sentence says adult sea turtles return to beaches to lay eggs.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is They return to beaches to lay eggs.

The last sentence says adult sea turtles return to beaches to lay eggs.

6. QuestionMultiple choice

Read this passage: “Old paper can become new paper. First, people put newspapers and paper bags in a recycling bin. Workers collect and sort the paper. Machines mix the paper with water to make a soft pulp. The pulp is pressed and dried into new sheets. Recycling paper can help save trees.” What should people do first?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is Put old paper in a recycling bin.

  1. Read the passage: Look for the sentence or group of details that supports the answer.
  2. Use text evidence: The first step described is putting newspapers and paper bags in a recycling bin.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is Put old paper in a recycling bin.

The first step described is putting newspapers and paper bags in a recycling bin.

7. QuestionMultiple choice

What do workers do after collecting the paper?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: C

The correct answer is They sort it.

  1. Read the passage: Look for the sentence or group of details that supports the answer.
  2. Use text evidence: The passage says workers collect and sort the paper.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is They sort it.

The passage says workers collect and sort the paper.

8. QuestionMultiple choice

What is paper mixed with to make pulp?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: D

The correct answer is Water.

  1. Read the passage: Look for the sentence or group of details that supports the answer.
  2. Use text evidence: Machines mix paper with water to make a soft pulp.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is Water.

Machines mix paper with water to make a soft pulp.

9. QuestionMultiple choice

How can recycling paper help?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is It can help save trees.

  1. Read the passage: Look for the sentence or group of details that supports the answer.
  2. Use text evidence: The final sentence says recycling paper can help save trees.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is It can help save trees.

The final sentence says recycling paper can help save trees.

10. QuestionMultiple choice

What is the main idea of the recycling passage?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is Old paper can be processed into new paper.

  1. Read the passage: Look for the sentence or group of details that supports the answer.
  2. Use text evidence: The passage explains the steps for turning old paper into new sheets.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is Old paper can be processed into new paper.

The passage explains the steps for turning old paper into new sheets.

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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.