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Record a Story or Poem is a free printable Grade 2 English worksheet on reading aloud well enough to record it, aligned to Common Core standard SL.2.5. 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 pupils in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.

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Record a Story or Poem

SL.2.5

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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. 1. Put these in order: the tree appears, the fog rolls off, the gate appears.
  2. 2. How many verses does this poem have?
  3. 3. How is the last verse the opposite of the first?
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. 1. Which line is repeated in the poem?
  2. 2. How does the last verse change from the first?
  3. 3. Which words rhyme with "road"?

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Answer key — Record a Story or Poem

Set 25. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. The gate appears, the tree appears, the fog rolls off. 2. Four verses. 3. The first says the hill and wood have gone; the last says they come back.
  2. 2.1. "Rain on the roof, rain on the road" — it opens the poem and returns at the end. 2. It repeats the first line, then the sun comes out instead of more rain. 3. "Toad".

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to SL.2.5 of the Common Core State Standards for English language arts.