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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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 camel has two rows of long eyelashes. They keep blowing sand out of its eyes.
When the pagers sound, the volunteers drop everything and drive to the station.
Magma rises through the ground because it is lighter than the rock around it.
A fire engine carries ladders that reach the third floor of a building.
A.How a camel protects its eyes
B.Why magma rises
C.How the lifeboat crew is called
D.The ladders on a fire engine
2.Join each paragraph to what it is mostly about.
A camel's hump is full of fat. When food is hard to find, the camel lives off it.
Under its fur, a polar bear has a thick layer of fat. The fat holds in its body heat.
Some volcanoes have not erupted for thousands of years. They are called dormant.
A polar bear's paws are wide and furry. They spread its weight on thin ice.
A.How a camel stores food
B.How a polar bear walks on ice
C.Volcanoes that are sleeping
D.How a polar bear keeps heat in
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Answer key — What Each Paragraph Is About
Set 23. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. A camel has two rows of long eyelashes. They keep blowing sand out of its eyes. — A (How a camel protects its eyes) 2. When the pagers sound, the volunteers drop everything and drive to the station. — C (How the lifeboat crew is called) 3. Magma rises through the ground because it is lighter than the rock around it. — B (Why magma rises) 4. A fire engine carries ladders that reach the third floor of a building. — D (The ladders on a fire engine)
2.1. 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) 2. Under its fur, a polar bear has a thick layer of fat. The fat holds in its body heat. — D (How a polar bear keeps heat in) 3. Some volcanoes have not erupted for thousands of years. They are called dormant. — C (Volcanoes that are sleeping) 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.