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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.

The Lion and the Mouse

A lion lay sleeping in the sun. A mouse ran across his paw and woke him. The lion caught the mouse in one hand. "Please let me go," said the mouse. "One day I may help you." The lion laughed. How could a mouse help a lion? But he opened his hand. Weeks later the lion walked into a hunter's net. He roared and pulled, and the ropes only tightened. The mouse heard him. She came at once and gnawed the ropes, one strand at a time, until the lion could step free.

  1. 1. Where does the first part of the story happen?
  2. 2. What happened between the lion letting the mouse go and the mouse gnawing the ropes?
  3. 3. What would a picture of the end of the story show?
2.Read the text, then answer the questions.

The New Boy

A new boy called Iosif joined the class in November. He did not speak much English yet. At playtime he stood by the wall. Some children waved. He looked away. Marta noticed he was watching the football. She rolled the ball to him. He stopped it neatly and rolled it back. They passed it for ten minutes without saying a word. When the bell went, Iosif said one word: "Tomorrow?" "Tomorrow," said Marta.

  1. 1. What happened after Marta rolled him the ball?
  2. 2. Where does this story happen?
  3. 3. What would a picture of the middle of the story show?

LessonPrint · RL.2.7 · Set 11 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — Picture the Setting

Set 11. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. In the sun, where the lion lay sleeping. 2. Weeks passed and the lion walked into a hunter's net. 3. The mouse gnawing the ropes of the net while the lion waits.
  2. 2.1. He stopped it neatly, rolled it back, and they passed it for ten minutes. 2. At school, by the wall at playtime. 3. Marta and Iosif rolling the football between them by the wall.

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