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 14 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.
A fire engine carries about eighteen hundred liters of water.
Honeybees make honey from the nectar of flowers.
Frogs lay their eggs in ponds in spring.
A camel can drink a hundred liters of water in ten minutes.
A.When do frogs lay their eggs?
B.How much water does a fire engine carry?
C.How much can a camel drink?
D.What do bees make honey from?
2.Join each fact to the question it answers.
The lifeboat crew are volunteers who live near the station.
Owls hunt at night because they can see well in the dark.
Earthquakes happen where two plates of rock meet.
The first person to walk on the Moon was Neil Armstrong.
A.Who first walked on the Moon?
B.Where do earthquakes happen?
C.Who crews the lifeboat?
D.Why do owls hunt at night?
LessonPrint · RI.2.1 · Set 14 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Questions About the Facts
Set 14. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. A fire engine carries about eighteen hundred liters of water. — B (How much water does a fire engine carry?) 2. Honeybees make honey from the nectar of flowers. — D (What do bees make honey from?) 3. Frogs lay their eggs in ponds in spring. — A (When do frogs lay their eggs?) 4. A camel can drink a hundred liters of water in ten minutes. — C (How much can a camel drink?)
2.1. The lifeboat crew are volunteers who live near the station. — C (Who crews the lifeboat?) 2. Owls hunt at night because they can see well in the dark. — D (Why do owls hunt at night?) 3. Earthquakes happen where two plates of rock meet. — B (Where do earthquakes happen?) 4. The first person to walk on the Moon was Neil Armstrong. — A (Who first walked on the Moon?)
More practice for RI.2.1
Answer who, what, where, when, why and how questions about an information text.
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