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 19 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.
Textile jobs fell sharply
Coffee spread through meeting places
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.Coffee houses opened in the 1650s for news and argument
D.About four fifths were lost between 1965 and 1990
2.Write the letter of the detail that supports each main idea.
Sleep cleans the brain
Canals suited heavy goods
Tea spread through one company's trade
Bees are vital to farming
A.The East India Company controlled it for two centuries
B.Many fruit crops need bees to carry pollen
C.One horse could pull thirty tons by boat
D.Fluid washes waste proteins away at night
LessonPrint · RI.5.2 · Set 19 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Two or More Main Ideas
Set 19. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Textile jobs fell sharply — D (About four fifths were lost between 1965 and 1990) 2. Coffee spread through meeting places — C (Coffee houses opened in the 1650s for news and argument) 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. Sleep cleans the brain — D (Fluid washes waste proteins away at night) 2. Canals suited heavy goods — C (One horse could pull thirty tons by boat) 3. Tea spread through one company's trade — A (The East India Company controlled it for two centuries) 4. Bees are vital to farming — B (Many fruit crops need bees to carry pollen)
More practice for RI.5.2
Find two or more main ideas, show their support, and summarize.
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