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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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.
When the pagers sound, the volunteers drop everything and drive to the station.
Some volcanoes have not erupted for thousands of years. They are called dormant.
In places with earthquakes, buildings are made to sway instead of snap.
A fire engine carries ladders that reach the third floor of a building.
A.Making buildings safe in earthquakes
B.Volcanoes that are sleeping
C.The ladders on a fire engine
D.How the lifeboat crew is called
2.Join each paragraph to what it is mostly about.
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.
A camel's hump is full of fat. When food is hard to find, the camel lives off it.
A camel has two rows of long eyelashes. They keep blowing sand out of its eyes.
A.How a camel stores food
B.How a tadpole changes
C.How a camel protects its eyes
D.Why recycling glass helps
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Answer key — What Each Paragraph Is About
Set 15. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. When the pagers sound, the volunteers drop everything and drive to the station. — D (How the lifeboat crew is called) 2. Some volcanoes have not erupted for thousands of years. They are called dormant. — B (Volcanoes that are sleeping) 3. In places with earthquakes, buildings are made to sway instead of snap. — A (Making buildings safe in earthquakes) 4. A fire engine carries ladders that reach the third floor of a building. — C (The ladders on a fire engine)
2.1. A tadpole grows back legs, then front legs, and its tail slowly shrinks. — B (How a tadpole changes) 2. Melting old glass uses less energy than making new glass from sand. — D (Why recycling glass helps) 3. A camel's hump is full of fat. When food is hard to find, the camel lives off it. — A (How a camel stores food) 4. A camel has two rows of long eyelashes. They keep blowing sand out of its eyes. — C (How a camel protects its eyes)
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to RI.2.2 of the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts.