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Describe the Key Details is a free printable Grade 2 English worksheet on describing details from something presented orally, aligned to Common Core standard SL.2.2. It prints 2 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask 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.

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Describe the Key Details

SL.2.2

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Read the text, then answer the questions.

1.Read the text, then answer the questions.

Earthquakes

The Earth's crust is not one piece. It is broken into huge slabs called plates, and the plates are always moving — about as fast as your fingernails grow. Where two plates meet, they can catch on each other. Pressure builds up for years while they are stuck. When they finally slip, all that stored energy is released at once. The ground shakes. That shaking is an earthquake. Most earthquakes are too small to feel. A few are strong enough to bring down buildings, which is why new buildings in some places are made to sway.

  1. 1. What are the huge slabs of crust called?
  2. 2. How fast do the plates move?
  3. 3. Summarise this text in one sentence.
2.Read the text, then answer the questions.

How a Camel Survives

A camel can cross a desert that would kill most animals. Almost every part of it helps. Its hump is not full of water. It is full of fat. The camel uses the fat for energy when there is no food, which is why the hump sags on a hungry camel. A camel has two rows of long eyelashes and can close its nostrils. Both keep sand out during a storm. Its feet are wide and flat. They spread the camel's weight so it does not sink into soft sand. A thirsty camel can drink a hundred litres in ten minutes.

  1. 1. What is a camel's hump full of?
  2. 2. How much can a thirsty camel drink in ten minutes?
  3. 3. How does a camel keep sand out of its nose?

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Answer key — Describe the Key Details

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  1. 1.1. Plates. 2. About as fast as your fingernails grow. 3. Moving plates of the Earth's crust catch on each other, build pressure, and shake the ground when they slip.
  2. 2.1. Fat, not water. 2. A hundred litres. 3. It can close its nostrils.

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to SL.2.2 of the Common Core State Standards for English language arts.