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Main Topic of the Whole Text is a free printable Grade 2 English worksheet on naming what a multi-paragraph text is about, aligned to Common Core standard RI.2.2. 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 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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Main Topic of the Whole Text

RI.2.2

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Read the text, then answer the questions.

1.Read the text, then answer the questions.

How a Camel Survives

A camel can cross a desert that would kill most animals. Almost every part of it helps. Its hump is not full of water. It is full of fat. The camel uses the fat for energy when there is no food, which is why the hump sags on a hungry camel. A camel has two rows of long eyelashes and can close its nostrils. Both keep sand out during a storm. Its feet are wide and flat. They spread the camel's weight so it does not sink into soft sand. A thirsty camel can drink a hundred litres in ten minutes.

  1. 1. What is the main topic of this text?
  2. 2. Summarise this text in one sentence.
2.Read the text, then answer the questions.

Inside a Fire Engine

A fire engine carries everything a crew might need, because there is no time to go back for anything. It holds about eighteen hundred litres of water. That sounds like a lot, but a hose can empty it in under three minutes, so the crew connect to a hydrant as soon as they can. Ladders are carried on the roof. The longest can reach a third-floor window. Inside are cutting tools for road accidents, breathing sets for smoke, and a thermal camera that finds a hot spot through a wall. The engine is red so that it is seen. The siren is for when being seen is not enough.

  1. 1. What is the main topic of this text?
  2. 2. Summarise this text in one sentence.

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Answer key — Main Topic of the Whole Text

Set 2. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. How a camel's body lets it survive in a desert. 2. A camel's fat-filled hump, long eyelashes, closable nostrils and wide feet let it survive a desert.
  2. 2.1. What a fire engine carries and why. 2. A fire engine carries water, ladders, cutting tools, breathing sets and a thermal camera, because there is no time to fetch anything.

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to RI.2.2 of the Common Core State Standards for English language arts.