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 24 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
NameDate
Sort each one into the right box.
1.Sort each one: Who or What or Where or When or Why?
Sort: a red kite, at bedtime, because he felt shy, under a garden bench, Grandpa and Tess
WhoWhatWhereWhenWhy
2.Sort each one: Who or What or Where or When or Why?
Sort: Rana and her brother, a five-pointed starfish, so nobody would get wet, across the playground, when the tide went out
WhoWhatWhereWhenWhy
3.Sort each one: Who or What or Where or When or Why?
Sort: a jar of pebbles, because the starfish needed water, at the top of the elm tree, last winter, Sami, the new boy
WhoWhatWhereWhenWhy
LessonPrint · RL.2.1 · Set 24 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Who, What, Where, When, Why
Set 24. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. a red kite — What 2. at bedtime — When 3. because he felt shy — Why 4. Grandpa and Tess — Who 5. under a garden bench — Where
2.1. a five-pointed starfish — What 2. across the playground — Where 3. Rana and her brother — Who 4. so nobody would get wet — Why 5. when the tide went out — When
3.1. a jar of pebbles — What 2. at the top of the elm tree — Where 3. because the starfish needed water — Why 4. last winter — When 5. Sami, the new boy — Who
More practice for RL.2.1
Answer who, what, where, when, why and how questions about a story.