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 13 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.
Sleep strengthens memory
Canals suited heavy goods
Vaccines train the immune system
Tea spread through one company's trade
A.One horse could pull thirty tons by boat
B.The East India Company controlled it for two centuries
C.The body makes antibodies against a harmless piece of a germ
D.Recall drops when deep sleep is interrupted
2.Write the letter of the detail that supports each main idea.
Rainforests hold huge variety
Multitasking is mostly switching
Old London Bridge helped the Thames freeze
Textile jobs fell sharply
A.Each change of task costs a fraction of a second
B.Its wide piers slowed the water almost to a standstill
C.One hectare can contain hundreds of tree species
D.About four fifths were lost between 1965 and 1990
LessonPrint · RI.5.2 · Set 13 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Two or More Main Ideas
Set 13. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Sleep strengthens memory — D (Recall drops when deep sleep is interrupted) 2. Canals suited heavy goods — A (One horse could pull thirty tons by boat) 3. Vaccines train the immune system — C (The body makes antibodies against a harmless piece of a germ) 4. Tea spread through one company's trade — B (The East India Company controlled it for two centuries)
2.1. Rainforests hold huge variety — C (One hectare can contain hundreds of tree species) 2. Multitasking is mostly switching — A (Each change of task costs a fraction of a second) 3. Old London Bridge helped the Thames freeze — B (Its wide piers slowed the water almost to a standstill) 4. Textile jobs fell sharply — D (About four fifths were lost between 1965 and 1990)
More practice for RI.5.2
Find two or more main ideas, show their support, and summarize.
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