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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.

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Picture the Setting

RL.2.7

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Read the story, then answer the questions.

1.Read the text, then answer the questions.

Rain on the Roof

Rain on the roof, rain on the road, rain on the back of a slow brown toad. Rain on the window, rain on the pane, rain on the roses, rain, rain, rain. Rain in the gutter, rain in the drain, rain till the puddle is deep as a lane. Rain on the roof, rain on the road — and out comes the sun for the slow brown toad.

  1. 1. What happens last in the poem?
  2. 2. What would a picture for the last verse show?
2.Read the text, then answer the questions.

What the Tide Left

Every low tide, Grandad and Tess walked out to the rock pools. Tess wanted to take a starfish home. Grandad said no. "It would die in a bucket," he said. "Look at it here instead." Tess crouched for a long time. She saw the starfish move — slowly, on hundreds of tiny feet she had not known it had. She did not ask again. On the way back she said, "It's better in the pool anyway."

  1. 1. Where does this story happen?
  2. 2. What happened after Tess crouched down?
  3. 3. What would a picture of the middle of the story show?

LessonPrint · RL.2.7 · Set 10 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — Picture the Setting

Set 10. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. The sun comes out for the slow brown toad. 2. The sun coming out over the road, with the brown toad still there.
  2. 2.1. At the rock pools, at low tide. 2. She saw the starfish move on its tiny feet, and she did not ask again. 3. Tess crouching over the rock pool watching the starfish.

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to RL.2.7 of the Common Core State Standards for English language arts.