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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.

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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

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Read the story, 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. Retell what happens across this poem.
  2. 2. Put these in order: the tree appears, the fog rolls off, the gate appears.
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. Retell what happens across this poem.
  2. 2. What happens last in the poem?

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Answer key — Recount What You Heard

Set 23. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. 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. 2. The gate appears, the tree appears, the fog rolls off.
  2. 2.1. Rain falls on the roof, road, window, roses, gutter and drain until the puddle is deep, and then the sun comes out. 2. The sun comes out for the slow brown toad.

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