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 3 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: Grandpa and Tess, early on Saturday morning, because he felt shy, a five-pointed starfish, under a garden bench
WhoWhatWhereWhenWhy
2.Sort each one: Who or What or Where or When or Why?
Sort: deep in the forest, so the mouse could escape, Jun's big sister, after lunch, a net made of rope
WhoWhatWhereWhenWhy
3.Sort each one: Who or What or Where or When or Why?
Sort: in a rock pool by the sea, a jar of pebbles, because the kite was stuck, when the tide went out, a girl called Mia
WhoWhatWhereWhenWhy
LessonPrint · RL.2.1 · Set 3 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Who, What, Where, When, Why
Set 3. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. a five-pointed starfish — What 2. because he felt shy — Why 3. early on Saturday morning — When 4. Grandpa and Tess — Who 5. under a garden bench — Where
2.1. a net made of rope — What 2. after lunch — When 3. deep in the forest — Where 4. Jun's big sister — Who 5. so the mouse could escape — Why
3.1. a girl called Mia — Who 2. a jar of pebbles — What 3. because the kite was stuck — Why 4. in a rock pool by the sea — Where 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.