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Year 2 English · Writing simple recounts

Name: ______________________

Date: ____________

1. A recount tells about…
- ☐ (a) how to make a cake
- ☐ (b) something that really happened
- ☐ (c) a make-believe dragon
2. In the beach recount, what did the family do first?
- ☐ (a) built a sandcastle
- ☐ (b) swam in the waves
- ☐ (c) ate sandwiches
3. Which time word is used for the last event?
- ☐ (a) first
- ☐ (b) next
- ☐ (c) finally
4. Which sentence is written in the past tense?
- ☐ (a) We go to the zoo.
- ☐ (b) We went to the zoo.
- ☐ (c) We will go to the zoo.
5. Which sentence is the best start for a recount?
- ☐ (a) Finally, we went home.
- ☐ (b) Then we ate lunch.
- ☐ (c) On Sunday, I went to the farm with Grandpa.
6. Type the time word that starts the first event: '___, we built a sandcastle.'
7. Change 'play' to the past tense: 'Yesterday we ___ in the park.'
8. In the beach recount, where did the family eat their sandwiches?

Answer sheet

1. something that really happened — A recount retells real events in the order they happened.
2. built a sandcastle — 'First, we built a sandcastle.'
3. finally — 'Finally' tells the reader this is the last event.
4. We went to the zoo. — 'Went' shows it has already happened.
5. On Sunday, I went to the farm with Grandpa. — It tells when (Sunday), where (the farm) and who (I and Grandpa).
6. First — 'First' tells the reader this happened first.
7. played — Add -ed to 'play' to make 'played'.
8. under an umbrella — 'Then, we ate sandwiches under an umbrella.'