Questions Worth Asking About Town is a free printable Kindergarten to Grade 2 social studies worksheet on why a question is worth asking, aligned to Common Core standard D1.1.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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Questions Worth Asking About Town

D1.1.K-2

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Circle the best reason for asking each question.

1.Why is it worth asking 'where does our water come from?'

A.Because the reservoir can run low and everybody depends on it
B.Because water is wet
C.Because taps are metal

2.Why is it worth asking 'where does the market fish come from?'

A.Because fish smell
B.Because stalls are numbered
C.Because the town is not on the coast, so somebody brings it

3.Why is it worth asking 'why does the river flood?'

A.Because knowing the cause is the first step to preventing it
B.Because rivers are wet
C.Because floods are exciting

4.Why is it worth asking 'who paid for the library roof?'

A.Because roofs leak
B.Because libraries are quiet
C.Because the money came from the town fund we all pay into

5.Why is it worth asking 'who decides how the town fund is spent?'

A.Because it is money everybody in the town has paid
B.Because councillors wear suits
C.Because funds are boring

6.Why is it worth asking 'why is the market on a Tuesday?'

A.Because stalls are striped
B.Because Tuesday is a nice day
C.Because the answer probably goes back a very long way

7.Why is it worth asking 'why did the mill close?'

A.Because 200 people worked there and the town changed when it went
B.Because mills are old
C.Because the river is wide

8.Why is it worth asking 'did children work in this town?'

A.Because children are small
B.Because it tells us how much childhood has changed here
C.Because mills had bells

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Answer key — Questions Worth Asking About Town

Set 15. Prints on its own sheet.

1.Because the reservoir can run low and everybody depends on it
2.Because the town is not on the coast, so somebody brings it
3.Because knowing the cause is the first step to preventing it
4.Because the money came from the town fund we all pay into
5.Because it is money everybody in the town has paid
6.Because the answer probably goes back a very long way
7.Because 200 people worked there and the town changed when it went
8.Because it tells us how much childhood has changed here

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D1.1.K-2 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.