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 19 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.
A fire engine carries ladders that reach the third floor of a building.
A polar bear's paws are wide and furry. They spread its weight on thin ice.
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.The ladders on a fire engine
B.How a polar bear walks on ice
C.How bees share directions
D.How a camel protects its eyes
2.Join each paragraph to what it is mostly about.
In places with earthquakes, buildings are made to sway instead of snap.
Some volcanoes have not erupted for thousands of years. They are called dormant.
Magma rises through the ground because it is lighter than the rock around it.
When the pagers sound, the volunteers drop everything and drive to the station.
A.Volcanoes that are sleeping
B.How the lifeboat crew is called
C.Why magma rises
D.Making buildings safe in earthquakes
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Answer key — What Each Paragraph Is About
Set 19. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. A fire engine carries ladders that reach the third floor of a building. — A (The ladders on a fire engine) 2. A polar bear's paws are wide and furry. They spread its weight on thin ice. — B (How a polar bear walks on ice) 3. A bee does a waggle dance to show other bees where the flowers are. — C (How bees share directions) 4. A camel has two rows of long eyelashes. They keep blowing sand out of its eyes. — D (How a camel protects its eyes)
2.1. In places with earthquakes, buildings are made to sway instead of snap. — D (Making buildings safe in earthquakes) 2. Some volcanoes have not erupted for thousands of years. They are called dormant. — A (Volcanoes that are sleeping) 3. Magma rises through the ground because it is lighter than the rock around it. — C (Why magma rises) 4. When the pagers sound, the volunteers drop everything and drive to the station. — B (How the lifeboat crew is called)
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to RI.2.2 of the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts.