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 5 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.
Main Topic and Key Details
RI.1.2
NameDate
Write the letter of the match next to each one.
1.Write the letter of the main topic next to each detail.
It is cold and white and melts in the sun.
They hang upside down to sleep.
They spin webs to catch flies.
They grow down into the soil and hold the plant still.
A.Snow
B.Spiders
C.Bats
D.Roots
2.Write the letter of the main topic next to each detail.
Their eggs hatch into tadpoles.
They have fins and breathe through gills.
They have big wheels and carry lots of people.
They are built over rivers so people can cross.
A.Buses
B.Frogs
C.Bridges
D.Fish
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Answer key — Main Topic and Key Details
Set 5. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. It is cold and white and melts in the sun. — A (Snow) 2. They hang upside down to sleep. — C (Bats) 3. They spin webs to catch flies. — B (Spiders) 4. They grow down into the soil and hold the plant still. — D (Roots)
2.1. Their eggs hatch into tadpoles. — B (Frogs) 2. They have fins and breathe through gills. — D (Fish) 3. They have big wheels and carry lots of people. — A (Buses) 4. They are built over rivers so people can cross. — C (Bridges)
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