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.
Set 12 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.
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.
Bees are vital to farming
Rainforests hold huge variety
Sleep cleans the brain
Coffee spread through meeting places
A.Fluid washes waste proteins away at night
B.Many fruit crops need bees to carry pollen
C.One hectare can contain hundreds of tree species
D.Coffee houses opened in the 1650s for news and argument
2.Write the letter of the detail that supports each main idea.
Recycling saves energy
Sleep strengthens memory
Multitasking is mostly switching
Old London Bridge helped the Thames freeze
A.Each change of task costs a fraction of a second
B.Its wide piers slowed the water almost to a standstill
C.Recall drops when deep sleep is interrupted
D.Making cans from old aluminum uses far less power
LessonPrint · RI.5.2 · Set 12 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Two or More Main Ideas
Set 12. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Bees are vital to farming — B (Many fruit crops need bees to carry pollen) 2. Rainforests hold huge variety — C (One hectare can contain hundreds of tree species) 3. Sleep cleans the brain — A (Fluid washes waste proteins away at night) 4. Coffee spread through meeting places — D (Coffee houses opened in the 1650s for news and argument)
2.1. Recycling saves energy — D (Making cans from old aluminum uses far less power) 2. Sleep strengthens memory — C (Recall drops when deep sleep is interrupted) 3. Multitasking is mostly switching — A (Each change of task costs a fraction of a second) 4. Old London Bridge helped the Thames freeze — B (Its wide piers slowed the water almost to a standstill)
More practice for RI.5.2
Find two or more main ideas, show their support, and summarize.
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