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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 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 would a picture of the middle of the story show?
  2. 2. What happened after Marta rolled him the ball?
  3. 3. Where does this story happen?
2.Read the text, then answer the questions.

Fog Morning

The hill has gone. The wood has gone. The postbox stands in a cloud, alone. No sheep, no gate, no crooked tree — only the ten short steps I see. I walk. The ten steps walk with me. The gate appears. And then the tree. The hill comes back. The wood comes back. The fog rolls off along the track.

  1. 1. Put these in order: the tree appears, the fog rolls off, the gate appears.
  2. 2. What would a picture for the first verse show?

LessonPrint · RL.2.7 · Set 18 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — Picture the Setting

Set 18. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Marta and Iosif rolling the football between them by the wall. 2. He stopped it neatly, rolled it back, and they passed it for ten minutes. 3. At school, by the wall at playtime.
  2. 2.1. The gate appears, the tree appears, the fog rolls off. 2. A postbox alone in thick fog, with no hill or wood behind it.

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