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 7 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's hump is full of fat. When food is hard to find, the camel lives off it.
A tadpole grows back legs, then front legs, and its tail slowly shrinks.
Some volcanoes have not erupted for thousands of years. They are called dormant.
A.How a tadpole changes
B.How a camel stores food
C.Volcanoes that are sleeping
D.The ladders on a fire engine
2.Join each paragraph to what it is mostly about.
Under its fur, a polar bear has a thick layer of fat. The fat holds in its body heat.
In places with earthquakes, buildings are made to sway instead of snap.
When the pagers sound, the volunteers drop everything and drive to the station.
A camel has two rows of long eyelashes. They keep blowing sand out of its eyes.
A.How the lifeboat crew is called
B.How a polar bear keeps heat in
C.How a camel protects its eyes
D.Making buildings safe in earthquakes
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Answer key — What Each Paragraph Is About
Set 7. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. A fire engine carries ladders that reach the third floor of a building. — D (The ladders on a fire engine) 2. A camel's hump is full of fat. When food is hard to find, the camel lives off it. — B (How a camel stores food) 3. A tadpole grows back legs, then front legs, and its tail slowly shrinks. — A (How a tadpole changes) 4. Some volcanoes have not erupted for thousands of years. They are called dormant. — C (Volcanoes that are sleeping)
2.1. Under its fur, a polar bear has a thick layer of fat. The fat holds in its body heat. — B (How a polar bear keeps heat in) 2. In places with earthquakes, buildings are made to sway instead of snap. — D (Making buildings safe in earthquakes) 3. When the pagers sound, the volunteers drop everything and drive to the station. — A (How the lifeboat crew is called) 4. A camel has two rows of long eyelashes. They keep blowing sand out of its eyes. — C (How a camel protects its eyes)
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to RI.2.2 of the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts.