What Each Paragraph Is About is a free printable Grade 2 English worksheet on matching each paragraph to the one thing it 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 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.
Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. All 25 sets ask different questions.
What Each Paragraph Is About
RI.2.2
NameDate
Write the letter of the match next to each one.
1.Join each paragraph to what it is mostly about.
When the pagers sound, the volunteers drop everything and drive to the station.
A tadpole grows back legs, then front legs, and its tail slowly shrinks.
A bee does a waggle dance to show other bees where the flowers are.
A camel has two rows of long eyelashes. They keep blowing sand out of its eyes.
A.How the lifeboat crew is called
B.How a tadpole changes
C.How a camel protects its eyes
D.How bees share directions
2.Join each paragraph to what it is mostly about.
Some volcanoes have not erupted for thousands of years. They are called dormant.
A camel's hump is full of fat. When food is hard to find, the camel lives off it.
Magma rises through the ground because it is lighter than the rock around it.
Under its fur, a polar bear has a thick layer of fat. The fat holds in its body heat.
A.How a polar bear keeps heat in
B.Volcanoes that are sleeping
C.How a camel stores food
D.Why magma rises
LessonPrint · RI.2.2 · Set 12 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — What Each Paragraph Is About
Set 12. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. When the pagers sound, the volunteers drop everything and drive to the station. — A (How the lifeboat crew is called) 2. A tadpole grows back legs, then front legs, and its tail slowly shrinks. — B (How a tadpole changes) 3. A bee does a waggle dance to show other bees where the flowers are. — D (How bees share directions) 4. A camel has two rows of long eyelashes. They keep blowing sand out of its eyes. — C (How a camel protects its eyes)
2.1. Some volcanoes have not erupted for thousands of years. They are called dormant. — B (Volcanoes that are sleeping) 2. A camel's hump is full of fat. When food is hard to find, the camel lives off it. — C (How a camel stores food) 3. Magma rises through the ground because it is lighter than the rock around it. — D (Why magma rises) 4. Under its fur, a polar bear has a thick layer of fat. The fat holds in its body heat. — A (How a polar bear keeps heat in)
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to RI.2.2 of the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts.