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.
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.
Magma rises through the ground because it is lighter than the rock around it.
Under its fur, a polar bear has a thick layer of fat. The fat holds in its body heat.
A.Volcanoes that are sleeping
B.How a polar bear walks on ice
C.Why magma rises
D.How a polar bear keeps heat in
2.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.
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 bee does a waggle dance to show other bees where the flowers are.
A.How bees share directions
B.How a camel protects its eyes
C.How a camel stores food
D.How a tadpole changes
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Answer key — What Each Paragraph Is About
Set 5. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Some volcanoes have not erupted for thousands of years. They are called dormant. — A (Volcanoes that are sleeping) 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. Magma rises through the ground because it is lighter than the rock around it. — C (Why magma rises) 4. 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)
2.1. A camel has two rows of long eyelashes. They keep blowing sand out of its eyes. — B (How a camel protects its eyes) 2. A tadpole grows back legs, then front legs, and its tail slowly shrinks. — D (How a tadpole changes) 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. A bee does a waggle dance to show other bees where the flowers are. — A (How bees share directions)
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to RI.2.2 of the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts.