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 22 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.
In places with earthquakes, buildings are made to sway instead of snap.
A tadpole grows back legs, then front legs, and its tail slowly shrinks.
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.Making buildings safe in earthquakes
C.How a tadpole changes
D.How a camel protects its eyes
2.Join each paragraph to what it is mostly about.
Some volcanoes have not erupted for thousands of years. They are called dormant.
A bee does a waggle dance to show other bees where the flowers are.
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.How bees share directions
B.How a polar bear walks on ice
C.The ladders on a fire engine
D.Volcanoes that are sleeping
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Answer key — What Each Paragraph Is About
Set 22. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. In places with earthquakes, buildings are made to sway instead of snap. — B (Making buildings safe in earthquakes) 2. A tadpole grows back legs, then front legs, and its tail slowly shrinks. — C (How a tadpole changes) 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. — D (How a camel protects its eyes)
2.1. Some volcanoes have not erupted for thousands of years. They are called dormant. — D (Volcanoes that are sleeping) 2. A bee does a waggle dance to show other bees where the flowers are. — A (How bees share directions) 3. A fire engine carries ladders that reach the third floor of a building. — C (The ladders on a fire engine) 4. A polar bear's paws are wide and furry. They spread its weight on thin ice. — B (How a polar bear walks on ice)
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to RI.2.2 of the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts.