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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.

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. What would a picture for the first verse show?
  2. 2. Put these in order: the tree appears, the fog rolls off, the gate appears.
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 happened after Rana threw the bucket over the branch?
  3. 3. What would a picture of the solution show?

LessonPrint · RL.2.7 · Set 2 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — Picture the Setting

Set 2. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. A postbox alone in thick fog, with no hill or wood behind it. 2. The gate appears, the tree appears, the fog rolls off.
  2. 2.1. 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.

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