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.
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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.
When the pagers sound, the volunteers drop everything and drive to the station.
Melting old glass uses less energy than making new glass from sand.
A bee does a waggle dance to show other bees where the flowers are.
In places with earthquakes, buildings are made to sway instead of snap.
A.Making buildings safe in earthquakes
B.Why recycling glass helps
C.How the lifeboat crew is called
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 fire engine carries ladders that reach the third floor of a building.
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.Volcanoes that are sleeping
B.How a polar bear keeps heat in
C.Why magma rises
D.The ladders on a fire engine
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Answer key — What Each Paragraph Is About
Set 14. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. When the pagers sound, the volunteers drop everything and drive to the station. — C (How the lifeboat crew is called) 2. Melting old glass uses less energy than making new glass from sand. — B (Why recycling glass helps) 3. A bee does a waggle dance to show other bees where the flowers are. — D (How bees share directions) 4. In places with earthquakes, buildings are made to sway instead of snap. — A (Making buildings safe in earthquakes)
2.1. Some volcanoes have not erupted for thousands of years. They are called dormant. — A (Volcanoes that are sleeping) 2. A fire engine carries ladders that reach the third floor of a building. — D (The ladders on a fire engine) 3. Magma rises through the ground because it is lighter than the rock around it. — C (Why magma rises) 4. Under its fur, a polar bear has a thick layer of fat. The fat holds in its body heat. — B (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.