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How the Town Changed Its Place is a free printable Kindergarten to Grade 2 social studies worksheet on how human activity changes places, aligned to Common Core standard D2.Geo.5.K-2. It prints 8 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two pupils in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.

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How the Town Changed Its Place

D2.Geo.5.K-2

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1.The Market Square is paved. What changes?
  • A.The Square shrinks
  • B.The market ends
  • C.Stalls stand on a hard surface instead of mud
2.Trees are planted along the river. What changes?
  • A.The bank vanishes
  • B.The river floods more
  • C.The bank is greener and holds the soil better
3.The town builds a bypass. What changes?
  • A.Traffic misses the centre, which becomes quieter
  • B.The river moves
  • C.The centre grows
4.The council raises the river wall. What changes?
  • A.The water is held back from Mill Row
  • B.The river dries
  • C.The houses move
5.The mill closes and is pulled down. What changes?
  • A.The river stops
  • B.The town grows
  • C.The work goes and the land is empty
6.A reservoir is built above the town. What changes?
  • A.The rain increases
  • B.The town moves
  • C.A valley becomes a lake and the town gets piped water
7.Roads are widened for lorries. What changes?
  • A.Nothing
  • B.More traffic can pass, and some buildings come down
  • C.The town gets quieter
8.The mill was built by the river. What changed?
  • A.Nothing changed
  • B.The river moved
  • C.A quiet bank became a place where 200 people worked

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Answer key — How the Town Changed Its Place

Set 6. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.Stalls stand on a hard surface instead of mud
  2. 2.The bank is greener and holds the soil better
  3. 3.Traffic misses the centre, which becomes quieter
  4. 4.The water is held back from Mill Row
  5. 5.The work goes and the land is empty
  6. 6.A valley becomes a lake and the town gets piped water
  7. 7.More traffic can pass, and some buildings come down
  8. 8.A quiet bank became a place where 200 people worked

More practice for D2.Geo.5.K-2

Describe how what people do changes a place.

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.Geo.5.K-2 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.