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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.

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. What would a picture of the middle of the story show?
  2. 2. What happened after Tess crouched down?
  3. 3. Where does this story happen?
2.Read the text, then answer the questions.

The Kite in the Elm

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. 1. Where does this story happen?
  2. 2. What would a picture of the solution show?
  3. 3. What happened after Rana threw the bucket over the branch?

LessonPrint · RL.2.7 · Set 19 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — Picture the Setting

Set 19. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Tess crouching over the rock pool watching the starfish. 2. She saw the starfish move on its tiny feet, and she did not ask again. 3. At the rock pools, at low tide.
  2. 2.1. Outside, under an elm tree with grass beneath it. 2. Rana pulling the washing line with the bucket over the branch, the branch bending. 3. She pulled, the branch bent, and the kite slid off into the grass.

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