Who, What, Where, When, Why is a free printable Grade 2 English worksheet on sorting story details by the question word they answer, aligned to Common Core standard RL.2.1. It prints 3 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two students in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.
Set 12 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. All 25 sets ask different questions.
Who, What, Where, When, Why
RL.2.1
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Sort each one into the right box.
1.Sort each one: Who or What or Where or When or Why?
Sort: Jun's big sister, so the mouse could escape, just after the bell rang, a flat loaf of bread, under a garden bench
WhoWhatWhereWhenWhy
2.Sort each one: Who or What or Where or When or Why?
Sort: at the top of the elm tree, a five-pointed starfish, Grandpa and Tess, because he felt shy, at bedtime
WhoWhatWhereWhenWhy
3.Sort each one: Who or What or Where or When or Why?
Sort: so nobody would get wet, a girl called Mia, a red kite, across the playground, after lunch
WhoWhatWhereWhenWhy
LessonPrint · RL.2.1 · Set 12 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Who, What, Where, When, Why
Set 12. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. a flat loaf of bread — What 2. Jun's big sister — Who 3. just after the bell rang — When 4. so the mouse could escape — Why 5. under a garden bench — Where
2.1. a five-pointed starfish — What 2. at bedtime — When 3. at the top of the elm tree — Where 4. because he felt shy — Why 5. Grandpa and Tess — Who
3.1. a girl called Mia — Who 2. a red kite — What 3. across the playground — Where 4. after lunch — When 5. so nobody would get wet — Why
More practice for RL.2.1
Answer who, what, where, when, why and how questions about a story.