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 13 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
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Write the letter of the match next to each one.
1.Join each paragraph to what it is mostly about.
Magma rises through the ground because it is lighter than the rock around it.
A camel's hump is full of fat. When food is hard to find, the camel lives off it.
When the pagers sound, the volunteers drop everything and drive to the station.
In places with earthquakes, buildings are made to sway instead of snap.
A.How the lifeboat crew is called
B.Why magma rises
C.How a camel stores food
D.Making buildings safe in earthquakes
2.Join each paragraph to what it is mostly about.
A camel has two rows of long eyelashes. They keep blowing sand out of its eyes.
A tadpole grows back legs, then front legs, and its tail slowly shrinks.
Melting old glass uses less energy than making new glass from sand.
Under its fur, a polar bear has a thick layer of fat. The fat holds in its body heat.
A.Why recycling glass helps
B.How a tadpole changes
C.How a polar bear keeps heat in
D.How a camel protects its eyes
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Answer key — What Each Paragraph Is About
Set 13. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Magma rises through the ground because it is lighter than the rock around it. — B (Why magma rises) 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. When the pagers sound, the volunteers drop everything and drive to the station. — A (How the lifeboat crew is called) 4. In places with earthquakes, buildings are made to sway instead of snap. — D (Making buildings safe in earthquakes)
2.1. A camel has two rows of long eyelashes. They keep blowing sand out of its eyes. — D (How a camel protects its eyes) 2. A tadpole grows back legs, then front legs, and its tail slowly shrinks. — B (How a tadpole changes) 3. Melting old glass uses less energy than making new glass from sand. — A (Why recycling glass helps) 4. Under its fur, a polar bear has a thick layer of fat. The fat holds in its body heat. — C (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.