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 19 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.
Each hair of a polar bear's fur is hollow and clear.
A fire engine carries about eighteen hundred liters of water.
Penguins huddle together to keep warm in the wind.
The first person to walk on the Moon was Neil Armstrong.
A.What is a polar bear's hair really like?
B.Who first walked on the Moon?
C.Why do penguins huddle together?
D.How much water does a fire engine carry?
2.Join each fact to the question it answers.
Frogs lay their eggs in ponds in spring.
Honeybees make honey from the nectar of flowers.
Owls hunt at night because they can see well in the dark.
When lava cools, it hardens into new rock.
A.Why do owls hunt at night?
B.What do bees make honey from?
C.When do frogs lay their eggs?
D.What happens when lava cools?
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Answer key — Questions About the Facts
Set 19. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Each hair of a polar bear's fur is hollow and clear. — A (What is a polar bear's hair really like?) 2. A fire engine carries about eighteen hundred liters of water. — D (How much water does a fire engine carry?) 3. Penguins huddle together to keep warm in the wind. — C (Why do penguins huddle together?) 4. The first person to walk on the Moon was Neil Armstrong. — B (Who first walked on the Moon?)
2.1. Frogs lay their eggs in ponds in spring. — C (When do frogs lay their eggs?) 2. Honeybees make honey from the nectar of flowers. — B (What do bees make honey from?) 3. Owls hunt at night because they can see well in the dark. — A (Why do owls hunt at night?) 4. When lava cools, it hardens into new rock. — D (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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