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 24 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
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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.
When the pagers sound, the volunteers drop everything and drive to the station.
A tadpole grows back legs, then front legs, and its tail slowly shrinks.
Under its fur, a polar bear has a thick layer of fat. The fat holds in its body heat.
A camel's hump is full of fat. When food is hard to find, the camel lives off it.
A.How a polar bear keeps heat in
B.How a tadpole changes
C.How a camel stores food
D.How the lifeboat crew is called
2.Join each paragraph to what it is mostly about.
In places with earthquakes, buildings are made to sway instead of snap.
A bee does a waggle dance to show other bees where the flowers are.
Melting old glass uses less energy than making new glass from sand.
A fire engine carries ladders that reach the third floor of a building.
A.Making buildings safe in earthquakes
B.Why recycling glass helps
C.How bees share directions
D.The ladders on a fire engine
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Answer key — What Each Paragraph Is About
Set 24. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. When the pagers sound, the volunteers drop everything and drive to the station. — D (How the lifeboat crew is called) 2. A tadpole grows back legs, then front legs, and its tail slowly shrinks. — B (How a tadpole changes) 3. Under its fur, a polar bear has a thick layer of fat. The fat holds in its body heat. — A (How a polar bear keeps heat in) 4. 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)
2.1. In places with earthquakes, buildings are made to sway instead of snap. — A (Making buildings safe in earthquakes) 2. A bee does a waggle dance to show other bees where the flowers are. — C (How bees share directions) 3. Melting old glass uses less energy than making new glass from sand. — B (Why recycling glass helps) 4. A fire engine carries ladders that reach the third floor of a building. — D (The ladders on a fire engine)
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to RI.2.2 of the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts.