Picture the Setting is a free printable Grade 2 English worksheet on using details to work out what a scene looks like, 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 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.
Set 1 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
Sami's kite caught in the top of the elm on the very first day.
He tried throwing a ball at it. He tried a long stick. He tried shaking the trunk with both arms. The kite stayed exactly where it was.
His sister Rana came out with a bucket and a length of washing line. She tied the line to the bucket handle, threw the bucket over the branch, and pulled.
The branch bent. The kite slid off and dropped into the grass.
"How did you know that would work?" said Sami. "I didn't," said Rana.
1. Where does this story happen?
2. What happened after Rana threw the bucket over the branch?
3. What would a picture of the solution show?
2.Read the text, then answer the questions.
The Bread That Would Not Rise
Nana let Ada make the bread on her own for the first time.
Ada measured the flour, the salt and the water. She kneaded the dough until her arms ached. Then she covered the bowl and waited.
An hour later the dough sat in the bowl exactly as she had left it. It had not risen at all.
Nana looked at the packet on the shelf. "You used the salt twice," she said. "There is no yeast in it."
Ada wanted to throw the bowl across the kitchen. Instead she washed it out and started again.
1. Where does this story happen?
2. What would a picture of the middle of the story show?
3. What happened after Ada covered the bowl?
LessonPrint · RL.2.7 · Set 1 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Picture the Setting
Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Outside, under an elm tree with grass beneath it. 2. She pulled, the branch bent, and the kite slid off into the grass. 3. Rana pulling the washing line with the bucket over the branch, the branch bending.
2.1. In Nana's kitchen. 2. The flat unrisen dough sitting in the covered bowl. 3. She waited an hour, and the dough had not risen at all.
Questions about Picture the Setting
What does the Picture the Setting worksheet cover?
It practises using details to work out what a scene looks like — 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 Picture the Setting 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?
Picture the Setting 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 Picture the Setting 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 Picture the Setting can I print?
25 — one per pupil, and all 25 ask different questions. Set 1 downloads the whole class as a single PDF. Every version is fixed to its own address, so a sheet printed today holds the same problems when you reopen it next week.
Is Picture the Setting free to print and photocopy?
Yes. Picture the Setting, 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.
More practice for RL.2.7
Put the pictures and the words together to explain the story.