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 2 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: under a garden bench, because the starfish needed water, a five-pointed starfish, the next day, a girl called Mia
WhoWhatWhereWhenWhy
2.Sort each one: Who or What or Where or When or Why?
Sort: after lunch, a net made of rope, in a rock pool by the sea, Jun's big sister, so the mouse could escape
WhoWhatWhereWhenWhy
3.Sort each one: Who or What or Where or When or Why?
Sort: on the windy hill, when the tide went out, a jar of pebbles, Rana and her brother, because the kite was stuck
WhoWhatWhereWhenWhy
LessonPrint · RL.2.1 · Set 2 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Who, What, Where, When, Why
Set 2. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. a five-pointed starfish — What 2. a girl called Mia — Who 3. because the starfish needed water — Why 4. the next day — When 5. under a garden bench — Where
2.1. a net made of rope — What 2. after lunch — When 3. in a rock pool by the sea — Where 4. Jun's big sister — Who 5. so the mouse could escape — Why
3.1. a jar of pebbles — What 2. because the kite was stuck — Why 3. on the windy hill — Where 4. Rana and her brother — Who 5. when the tide went out — When
More practice for RL.2.1
Answer who, what, where, when, why and how questions about a story.