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Recount a Fable is a free printable Grade 2 English worksheet on retelling a fable with its key details, aligned to Common Core standard RL.2.2. 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.

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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.

Recount a Fable

RL.2.2

NameDate

Read the story, then answer the questions.

1.Read the text, then answer the questions.

The New Boy

A new boy called Iosif joined the class in November. He did not speak much English yet. At playtime he stood by the wall. Some children waved. He looked away. Marta noticed he was watching the football. She rolled the ball to him. He stopped it neatly and rolled it back. They passed it for ten minutes without saying a word. When the bell went, Iosif said one word: "Tomorrow?" "Tomorrow," said Marta.

  1. 1. Recount this story with its key details.
2.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. Retell what happens across this poem.

LessonPrint · RL.2.2 · Set 2 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — Recount a Fable

Set 2. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Iosif joined the class without much English, stood alone at playtime, and made a friend by passing a football with Marta.
  2. 2.1. 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.

More practice for RL.2.2

Retell a fable or folktale and say what its moral is.

Teaching this next? The Moral of a Fable is the 40-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to RL.2.2 of the Common Core State Standards for English language arts.