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Questions About the Facts is a free printable Grade 2 English worksheet on answering who, what, where, when, why and how, 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 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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Questions About the Facts

RI.2.1

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Read the text, then answer the questions.

1.Read the text, then answer the questions.

Launching a Lifeboat

When a boat is in trouble, a call goes out to the lifeboat station. Pagers sound. The crew are volunteers, so they stop whatever they are doing and drive to the station. Most arrive within six minutes. They pull on drysuits and lifejackets and climb aboard. The boat slides down a ramp into the sea and the engines start. At sea, the crew look for a flare, a light, or a shape in the water. Once they find the boat, they take the people off first and the boat second. A lifeboat can right itself if a wave rolls it over.

  1. 1. How long do most of the crew take to reach the station?
  2. 2. Who crews the lifeboat?
  3. 3. What do the crew take off the boat first?
2.Read the text, then answer the questions.

Earthquakes

The Earth's crust is not one piece. It is broken into huge slabs called plates, and the plates are always moving — about as fast as your fingernails grow. Where two plates meet, they can catch on each other. Pressure builds up for years while they are stuck. When they finally slip, all that stored energy is released at once. The ground shakes. That shaking is an earthquake. Most earthquakes are too small to feel. A few are strong enough to bring down buildings, which is why new buildings in some places are made to sway.

  1. 1. How fast do the plates move?
  2. 2. What makes the ground shake?
  3. 3. What are the huge slabs of crust called?

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Answer key — Questions About the Facts

Set 16. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Within six minutes. 2. Volunteers. 3. The people.
  2. 2.1. About as fast as your fingernails grow. 2. Stored energy released when two stuck plates finally slip. 3. Plates.

More practice for RI.2.1

Answer who, what, where, when, why and how questions about an information text.

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to RI.2.1 of the Common Core State Standards for English language arts.