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

The Bread That Would Not Rise

Nana let Ada make the bread on her own for the first time. Ada measured the flour, the salt and the water. She kneaded the dough until her arms ached. Then she covered the bowl and waited. An hour later the dough sat in the bowl exactly as she had left it. It had not risen at all. Nana looked at the packet on the shelf. "You used the salt twice," she said. "There is no yeast in it." Ada wanted to throw the bowl across the kitchen. Instead she washed it out and started again.

  1. 1. Where does this story happen?
  2. 2. What happened after Ada covered the bowl?
  3. 3. What would a picture of the middle of the story show?

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Answer key — Picture the Setting

Set 24. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. She saw the starfish move on its tiny feet, and she did not ask again. 2. Tess crouching over the rock pool watching the starfish. 3. At the rock pools, at low tide.
  2. 2.1. In Nana's kitchen. 2. She waited an hour, and the dough had not risen at all. 3. The flat unrisen dough sitting in the covered bowl.

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