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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.

Volcanoes

A volcano is an opening in the Earth's crust where hot rock reaches the surface. Deep underground, rock is so hot that it melts. Melted rock is called magma. Magma is lighter than the solid rock around it, so it rises. When magma reaches the surface it is called lava. Lava can pour out slowly in rivers, or it can burst out in an explosion, depending on how thick it is. As lava cools it hardens into new rock. Layer after layer, this new rock builds the mountain we call a volcano.

  1. 1. Summarise this text in one sentence.
  2. 2. What is melted rock called underground?
  3. 3. What is it called once it reaches the surface?
2.Read the text, then answer the questions.

How Paper Is Recycled

Used paper does not become new paper by magic. It goes through five stages. First it is sorted. Card, newspaper and office paper are separated, because each makes a different grade of new paper. Second it is pulped. The paper is mixed with water and churned until the fibres come apart. Third it is cleaned. Staples, glue and ink are removed. Ink is lifted out with air bubbles. Fourth the pulp is pressed flat between rollers and dried. Fifth it is cut into sheets. Paper can be recycled about five to seven times before its fibres get too short to hold together.

  1. 1. How many times can paper be recycled?
  2. 2. How many stages does recycling paper take?
  3. 3. Summarise this text in one sentence.

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Answer key — Describe the Key Details

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  1. 1.1. Melted rock rises through the Earth's crust as magma, pours out as lava, and hardens layer by layer into a volcano. 2. Magma. 3. Lava.
  2. 2.1. About five to seven times. 2. Five. 3. Used paper is sorted, pulped, cleaned, pressed and cut into new sheets, and can be recycled five to seven times.

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