What the Challenge Was is a free printable Grade 2 English worksheet on linking a character's action to the problem they faced, aligned to Common Core standard RL.2.3. It prints 2 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions, 24 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. 24 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.

What the Challenge Was

RL.2.3

NameDate

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. Is the speaker lost? How do you know?
2. What is the speaker doing in 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. How long has it been raining, do you think? How can you tell?
2. What is the toad doing through the poem?

LessonPrint · RL.2.3 · Set 13 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — What the Challenge Was

Set 13. Prints on its own sheet.

1.1. No — they keep walking and the gate and tree appear where they should. 2. Walking along a track in thick fog.
2.1. A long time — the puddle has grown as deep as a lane. 2. Sitting out in the rain, slow and brown, until the sun comes out.

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to RL.2.3 of the Common Core State Standards for English language arts.