Recount What You Heard is a free printable Grade 2 English worksheet on retelling the key ideas of a text read aloud, aligned to Common Core standard SL.2.2. It prints 2 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions, 23 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 19 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. 23 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 What You Heard
SL.2.2
NameDate
Read the story, then answer the questions.
1.Read the text, then answer the questions.
The Bread That Would Not Rise
Nana let Ada make the bread on her own for the first time.
Ada measured the flour, the salt and the water. She kneaded the dough until her arms ached. Then she covered the bowl and waited.
An hour later the dough sat in the bowl exactly as she had left it. It had not risen at all.
Nana looked at the packet on the shelf. "You used the salt twice," she said. "There is no yeast in it."
Ada wanted to throw the bowl across the kitchen. Instead she washed it out and started again.
1. Recount this story with its key details.
2. What happened after Ada covered the bowl?
2.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. Recount this story with its key details.
2. What happened after Marta rolled him the ball?
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Answer key — Recount What You Heard
Set 19. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Ada made bread alone, used salt twice instead of yeast, the dough did not rise, and she started again. 2. She waited an hour, and the dough had not risen at all.
2.1. Iosif joined the class without much English, stood alone at playtime, and made a friend by passing a football with Marta. 2. He stopped it neatly, rolled it back, and they passed it for ten minutes.
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