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 2 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.
Each hair of a polar bear's fur is hollow and clear.
The first person to walk on the Moon was Neil Armstrong.
A.What is a polar bear's hair really like?
B.Why do penguins huddle together?
C.Who first walked on the Moon?
D.Why do owls hunt at night?
2.Join each fact to the question it answers.
A fire engine carries about eighteen hundred liters of water.
Earthquakes happen where two plates of rock meet.
Frogs lay their eggs in ponds in spring.
Honeybees make honey from the nectar of flowers.
A.How much water does a fire engine carry?
B.When do frogs lay their eggs?
C.What do bees make honey from?
D.Where do earthquakes happen?
LessonPrint · RI.2.1 · Set 2 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Questions About the Facts
Set 2. 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. — D (Why do owls hunt at night?) 3. Each hair of a polar bear's fur is hollow and clear. — A (What is a polar bear's hair really like?) 4. The first person to walk on the Moon was Neil Armstrong. — C (Who first walked on the Moon?)
2.1. A fire engine carries about eighteen hundred liters of water. — A (How much water does a fire engine carry?) 2. Earthquakes happen where two plates of rock meet. — D (Where do earthquakes happen?) 3. Frogs lay their eggs in ponds in spring. — B (When do frogs lay their eggs?) 4. Honeybees make honey from the nectar of flowers. — C (What do bees make honey from?)
More practice for RI.2.1
Answer who, what, where, when, why and how questions about an information text.
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