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Main Topic and Key Details is a free printable Grade 1 English worksheet on matching a key detail to the main topic it tells about, aligned to Common Core standard RI.1.2. It prints 2 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 12 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.

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Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. All 25 sets ask different questions.

Main Topic and Key Details

RI.1.2

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Write the letter of the match next to each one.

LessonPrint · RI.1.2 · Set 12 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — Main Topic and Key Details

Set 12. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. They grow from seeds and have bright petals. — A (Flowers) 2. It comes from cows and is sold in bottles. — B (Milk) 3. They make honey in a hive. — D (Bees) 4. They grow down into the soil and hold the plant still. — C (Roots)
  2. 2.1. They have big wheels and carry lots of people. — C (Buses) 2. Their eggs hatch into tadpoles. — B (Frogs) 3. It gives us light and heat in the day. — D (The Sun) 4. It is cold and white and melts in the sun. — A (Snow)

More practice for RI.1.2

Say what the text is mostly about and give the key facts.

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to RI.1.2 of the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts.