Reading a Poem is a free printable Grade 2 English worksheet on reading a poem closely enough to explain it, aligned to Common Core standard RL.2.10. It prints 2 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions, 19 of them with 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.
Set 5 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. 19 of these 25 sets ask different questions — this skill does not have 25 questions to give. The rest reorder them, so no two pupils have the same paper in front of them.
Reading a Poem
RL.2.10
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Read the text, then answer the questions.
1.Read the text, then answer the questions.
Fog Morning
The hill has gone. The wood has gone.
The postbox stands in a cloud, alone.
No sheep, no gate, no crooked tree —
only the ten short steps I see.
I walk. The ten steps walk with me.
The gate appears. And then the tree.
The hill comes back. The wood comes back.
The fog rolls off along the track.
1. Is the speaker lost? How do you know?
2. What does this poem say about fog?
3. Retell what happens across this poem.
2.Read the text, then answer the questions.
Rain on the Roof
Rain on the roof, rain on the road,
rain on the back of a slow brown toad.
Rain on the window, rain on the pane,
rain on the roses, rain, rain, rain.
Rain in the gutter, rain in the drain,
rain till the puddle is deep as a lane.
Rain on the roof, rain on the road —
and out comes the sun for the slow brown toad.
1. What does this poem say about rain?
2. Retell what happens across this poem.
3. How long has it been raining, do you think? How can you tell?
LessonPrint · RL.2.10 · Set 5 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Reading a Poem
Set 5. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. No — they keep walking and the gate and tree appear where they should. 2. Fog hides everything and moves with you, but it lifts and the world returns. 3. Fog hides the hill, wood and sheep, the walker can see only ten steps, and as they walk the gate, tree, wood and hill come back.
2.1. Rain is everywhere and goes on and on, but it ends and the sun returns. 2. Rain falls on the roof, road, window, roses, gutter and drain until the puddle is deep, and then the sun comes out. 3. A long time — the puddle has grown as deep as a lane.
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to RL.2.10 of the Common Core State Standards for English language arts.