Two or More Main Ideas is a free printable Grade 5 English worksheet on matching each main idea to the detail that supports it, aligned to Common Core standard RI.5.2. 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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Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. All 25 sets ask different questions.
Two or More Main Ideas
RI.5.2
NameDate
Write the letter of the match next to each one.
1.Write the letter of the detail that supports each main idea.
Coffee spread through meeting places
Textile jobs fell sharply
Canals suited heavy goods
Multitasking is mostly switching
A.One horse could pull thirty tons by boat
B.Each change of task costs a fraction of a second
C.Coffee houses opened in the 1650s for news and argument
D.About four fifths were lost between 1965 and 1990
2.Write the letter of the detail that supports each main idea.
Vaccines train the immune system
Sleep strengthens memory
Standard gauge was inherited, not chosen
Recycling saves energy
A.Recall drops when deep sleep is interrupted
B.The body makes antibodies against a harmless piece of a germ
C.Early rails copied the wheel spacing of colliery carts
D.Making cans from old aluminum uses far less power
LessonPrint · RI.5.2 · Set 10 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Two or More Main Ideas
Set 10. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Coffee spread through meeting places — C (Coffee houses opened in the 1650s for news and argument) 2. Textile jobs fell sharply — D (About four fifths were lost between 1965 and 1990) 3. Canals suited heavy goods — A (One horse could pull thirty tons by boat) 4. Multitasking is mostly switching — B (Each change of task costs a fraction of a second)
2.1. Vaccines train the immune system — B (The body makes antibodies against a harmless piece of a germ) 2. Sleep strengthens memory — A (Recall drops when deep sleep is interrupted) 3. Standard gauge was inherited, not chosen — C (Early rails copied the wheel spacing of colliery carts) 4. Recycling saves energy — D (Making cans from old aluminum uses far less power)
More practice for RI.5.2
Find two or more main ideas, show their support, and summarize.
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