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 14 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.
Old London Bridge helped the Thames freeze
Sleep cleans the brain
Textile jobs fell sharply
Sleep strengthens memory
A.Recall drops when deep sleep is interrupted
B.Fluid washes waste proteins away at night
C.Its wide piers slowed the water almost to a standstill
D.About four fifths were lost between 1965 and 1990
2.Write the letter of the detail that supports each main idea.
Rainforests hold huge variety
Multitasking is mostly switching
Canals suited heavy goods
Coffee spread through meeting places
A.One hectare can contain hundreds of tree species
B.Coffee houses opened in the 1650s for news and argument
C.Each change of task costs a fraction of a second
D.One horse could pull thirty tons by boat
LessonPrint · RI.5.2 · Set 14 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Two or More Main Ideas
Set 14. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Old London Bridge helped the Thames freeze — C (Its wide piers slowed the water almost to a standstill) 2. Sleep cleans the brain — B (Fluid washes waste proteins away at night) 3. Textile jobs fell sharply — D (About four fifths were lost between 1965 and 1990) 4. Sleep strengthens memory — A (Recall drops when deep sleep is interrupted)
2.1. Rainforests hold huge variety — A (One hectare can contain hundreds of tree species) 2. Multitasking is mostly switching — C (Each change of task costs a fraction of a second) 3. Canals suited heavy goods — D (One horse could pull thirty tons by boat) 4. Coffee spread through meeting places — B (Coffee houses opened in the 1650s for news and argument)
More practice for RI.5.2
Find two or more main ideas, show their support, and summarize.
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