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 16 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
Multitasking is mostly switching
Sleep strengthens memory
A.Each change of task costs a fraction of a second
B.Recall drops when deep sleep is interrupted
C.Fluid washes waste proteins away at night
D.Its wide piers slowed the water almost to a standstill
2.Write the letter of the detail that supports each main idea.
Coffee spread through meeting places
Vaccines train the immune system
Recycling saves energy
Textile jobs fell sharply
A.Coffee houses opened in the 1650s for news and argument
B.About four fifths were lost between 1965 and 1990
C.Making cans from old aluminum uses far less power
D.The body makes antibodies against a harmless piece of a germ
LessonPrint · RI.5.2 · Set 16 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Two or More Main Ideas
Set 16. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Old London Bridge helped the Thames freeze — D (Its wide piers slowed the water almost to a standstill) 2. Sleep cleans the brain — C (Fluid washes waste proteins away at night) 3. Multitasking is mostly switching — A (Each change of task costs a fraction of a second) 4. Sleep strengthens memory — B (Recall drops when deep sleep is interrupted)
2.1. Coffee spread through meeting places — A (Coffee houses opened in the 1650s for news and argument) 2. Vaccines train the immune system — D (The body makes antibodies against a harmless piece of a germ) 3. Recycling saves energy — C (Making cans from old aluminum uses far less power) 4. Textile jobs fell sharply — B (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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