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 20 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 camel has two rows of long eyelashes. They keep blowing sand out of its eyes.
A camel's hump is full of fat. When food is hard to find, the camel lives off it.
Magma rises through the ground because it is lighter than the rock around it.
A.The ladders on a fire engine
B.How a camel protects its eyes
C.How a camel stores food
D.Why magma rises
2.Join each paragraph to what it is mostly about.
In places with earthquakes, buildings are made to sway instead of snap.
Melting old glass uses less energy than making new glass from sand.
A polar bear's paws are wide and furry. They spread its weight on thin ice.
Some volcanoes have not erupted for thousands of years. They are called dormant.
A.How a polar bear walks on ice
B.Why recycling glass helps
C.Making buildings safe in earthquakes
D.Volcanoes that are sleeping
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Answer key — What Each Paragraph Is About
Set 20. 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 camel has two rows of long eyelashes. They keep blowing sand out of its eyes. — B (How a camel protects its eyes) 3. 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) 4. Magma rises through the ground because it is lighter than the rock around it. — D (Why magma rises)
2.1. In places with earthquakes, buildings are made to sway instead of snap. — C (Making buildings safe in earthquakes) 2. Melting old glass uses less energy than making new glass from sand. — B (Why recycling glass helps) 3. A polar bear's paws are wide and furry. They spread its weight on thin ice. — A (How a polar bear walks on ice) 4. Some volcanoes have not erupted for thousands of years. They are called dormant. — D (Volcanoes that are sleeping)
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to RI.2.2 of the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts.