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 17 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.
Owls hunt at night because they can see well in the dark.
A fire engine carries about eighteen hundred liters of water.
A camel can drink a hundred liters of water in ten minutes.
Paper is turned into pulp by mixing it with water.
A.How much water does a fire engine carry?
B.How is paper turned into pulp?
C.How much can a camel drink?
D.Why do owls hunt at night?
2.Join each fact to the question it answers.
The first person to walk on the Moon was Neil Armstrong.
The lifeboat crew are volunteers who live near the station.
When lava cools, it hardens into new rock.
Earthquakes happen where two plates of rock meet.
A.What happens when lava cools?
B.Who first walked on the Moon?
C.Who crews the lifeboat?
D.Where do earthquakes happen?
LessonPrint · RI.2.1 · Set 17 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Questions About the Facts
Set 17. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Owls hunt at night because they can see well in the dark. — D (Why do owls hunt at night?) 2. A fire engine carries about eighteen hundred liters of water. — A (How much water does a fire engine carry?) 3. A camel can drink a hundred liters of water in ten minutes. — C (How much can a camel drink?) 4. Paper is turned into pulp by mixing it with water. — B (How is paper turned into pulp?)
2.1. The first person to walk on the Moon was Neil Armstrong. — B (Who first walked on the Moon?) 2. The lifeboat crew are volunteers who live near the station. — C (Who crews the lifeboat?) 3. When lava cools, it hardens into new rock. — A (What happens when lava cools?) 4. Earthquakes happen where two plates of rock meet. — D (Where do earthquakes happen?)
More practice for RI.2.1
Answer who, what, where, when, why and how questions about an information text.
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