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 18 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.
Vaccines train the immune system
Textile jobs fell sharply
Standard gauge was inherited, not chosen
Bees are vital to farming
A.About four fifths were lost between 1965 and 1990
B.Many fruit crops need bees to carry pollen
C.Early rails copied the wheel spacing of colliery carts
D.The body makes antibodies against a harmless piece of a germ
2.Write the letter of the detail that supports each main idea.
Multitasking is mostly switching
Sleep cleans the brain
Recycling saves energy
Coffee spread through meeting places
A.Coffee houses opened in the 1650s for news and argument
B.Fluid washes waste proteins away at night
C.Making cans from old aluminum uses far less power
D.Each change of task costs a fraction of a second
LessonPrint · RI.5.2 · Set 18 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Two or More Main Ideas
Set 18. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Vaccines train the immune system — D (The body makes antibodies against a harmless piece of a germ) 2. Textile jobs fell sharply — A (About four fifths were lost between 1965 and 1990) 3. Standard gauge was inherited, not chosen — C (Early rails copied the wheel spacing of colliery carts) 4. Bees are vital to farming — B (Many fruit crops need bees to carry pollen)
2.1. Multitasking is mostly switching — D (Each change of task costs a fraction of a second) 2. Sleep cleans the brain — B (Fluid washes waste proteins away at night) 3. Recycling saves energy — C (Making cans from old aluminum uses far less power) 4. Coffee spread through meeting places — A (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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