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 25 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: under a garden bench, so the mouse could escape, Ada's nana, after lunch, a jar of pebbles
WhoWhatWhereWhenWhy
2.Sort each one: Who or What or Where or When or Why?
Sort: a wooden boat, because the starfish needed water, in a rock pool by the sea, the next day, a girl called Mia
WhoWhatWhereWhenWhy
3.Sort each one: Who or What or Where or When or Why?
Sort: Mr. Otu, the teacher, so nobody would get wet, a red kite, at the top of the elm tree, last winter
WhoWhatWhereWhenWhy
LessonPrint · RL.2.1 · Set 25 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Who, What, Where, When, Why
Set 25. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. a jar of pebbles — What 2. Ada's nana — Who 3. after lunch — When 4. so the mouse could escape — Why 5. under a garden bench — Where
2.1. a girl called Mia — Who 2. a wooden boat — What 3. because the starfish needed water — Why 4. in a rock pool by the sea — Where 5. the next day — When
3.1. a red kite — What 2. at the top of the elm tree — Where 3. last winter — When 4. Mr. Otu, the teacher — Who 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.