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 4 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.
The lifeboat crew are volunteers who live near the station.
Earthquakes happen where two plates of rock meet.
Penguins huddle together to keep warm in the wind.
Paper is turned into pulp by mixing it with water.
A.Who crews the lifeboat?
B.Where do earthquakes happen?
C.How is paper turned into pulp?
D.Why do penguins huddle together?
2.Join each fact to the question it answers.
The first person to walk on the Moon was Neil Armstrong.
A fire engine carries about eighteen hundred liters of water.
A camel can drink a hundred liters of water in ten minutes.
Honeybees make honey from the nectar of flowers.
A.What do bees make honey from?
B.How much can a camel drink?
C.How much water does a fire engine carry?
D.Who first walked on the Moon?
LessonPrint · RI.2.1 · Set 4 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Questions About the Facts
Set 4. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. The lifeboat crew are volunteers who live near the station. — A (Who crews the lifeboat?) 2. Earthquakes happen where two plates of rock meet. — B (Where do earthquakes happen?) 3. Penguins huddle together to keep warm in the wind. — D (Why do penguins huddle together?) 4. Paper is turned into pulp by mixing it with water. — C (How is paper turned into pulp?)
2.1. The first person to walk on the Moon was Neil Armstrong. — D (Who first walked on the Moon?) 2. A fire engine carries about eighteen hundred liters of water. — C (How much water does a fire engine carry?) 3. A camel can drink a hundred liters of water in ten minutes. — B (How much can a camel drink?) 4. Honeybees make honey from the nectar of flowers. — A (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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