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What Each Paragraph Is About is a free printable Grade 2 English worksheet on naming the focus of one paragraph at a time, 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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What Each Paragraph Is About

RI.2.2

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Read the text, then answer the questions.

1.Read the text, then answer the questions.

How Paper Is Recycled

Used paper does not become new paper by magic. It goes through five stages. First it is sorted. Card, newspaper and office paper are separated, because each makes a different grade of new paper. Second it is pulped. The paper is mixed with water and churned until the fibres come apart. Third it is cleaned. Staples, glue and ink are removed. Ink is lifted out with air bubbles. Fourth the pulp is pressed flat between rollers and dried. Fifth it is cut into sheets. Paper can be recycled about five to seven times before its fibres get too short to hold together.

  1. 1. How is this whole text organised?
  2. 2. What is the second paragraph about?
2.Read the text, then answer the questions.

Launching a Lifeboat

When a boat is in trouble, a call goes out to the lifeboat station. Pagers sound. The crew are volunteers, so they stop whatever they are doing and drive to the station. Most arrive within six minutes. They pull on drysuits and lifejackets and climb aboard. The boat slides down a ramp into the sea and the engines start. At sea, the crew look for a flare, a light, or a shape in the water. Once they find the boat, they take the people off first and the boat second. A lifeboat can right itself if a wave rolls it over.

  1. 1. What is the fourth paragraph about?
  2. 2. What is the second paragraph about?

LessonPrint · RI.2.2 · Set 17 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — What Each Paragraph Is About

Set 17. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. As five numbered stages in the order they happen. 2. Sorting the paper into card, newspaper and office paper.
  2. 2.1. Searching at sea and getting people off the boat. 2. The pagers going off and the volunteer crew getting to the station.

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