Questions About the Facts is a free printable Grade 2 English worksheet on matching a fact to the who, what, where, when, why or how question it answers, aligned to Common Core standard RI.2.1. 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 students in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.
Set 12 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. All 25 sets ask different questions.
Questions About the Facts
RI.2.1
NameDate
Write the letter of the match next to each one.
1.Join each fact to the question it answers.
Penguins huddle together to keep warm in the wind.
Owls hunt at night because they can see well in the dark.
A fire engine carries about eighteen hundred liters of water.
Earthquakes happen where two plates of rock meet.
A.Where do earthquakes happen?
B.Why do penguins huddle together?
C.Why do owls hunt at night?
D.How much water does a fire engine carry?
2.Join each fact to the question it answers.
Honeybees make honey from the nectar of flowers.
The lifeboat crew are volunteers who live near the station.
A camel can drink a hundred liters of water in ten minutes.
When lava cools, it hardens into new rock.
A.What do bees make honey from?
B.Who crews the lifeboat?
C.What happens when lava cools?
D.How much can a camel drink?
LessonPrint · RI.2.1 · Set 12 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Questions About the Facts
Set 12. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Penguins huddle together to keep warm in the wind. — B (Why do penguins huddle together?) 2. Owls hunt at night because they can see well in the dark. — C (Why do owls hunt at night?) 3. A fire engine carries about eighteen hundred liters of water. — D (How much water does a fire engine carry?) 4. Earthquakes happen where two plates of rock meet. — A (Where do earthquakes happen?)
2.1. Honeybees make honey from the nectar of flowers. — A (What do bees make honey from?) 2. The lifeboat crew are volunteers who live near the station. — B (Who crews the lifeboat?) 3. A camel can drink a hundred liters of water in ten minutes. — D (How much can a camel drink?) 4. When lava cools, it hardens into new rock. — C (What happens when lava cools?)
More practice for RI.2.1
Answer who, what, where, when, why and how questions about an information text.
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