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 6 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 cleans the brain
Coffee spread through meeting places
Recycling saves energy
Multitasking is mostly switching
A.Each change of task costs a fraction of a second
B.Fluid washes waste proteins away at night
C.Coffee houses opened in the 1650s for news and argument
D.Making cans from old aluminum uses far less power
2.Write the letter of the detail that supports each main idea.
Vaccines train the immune system
Standard gauge was inherited, not chosen
Sleep strengthens memory
Textile jobs fell sharply
A.Recall drops when deep sleep is interrupted
B.The body makes antibodies against a harmless piece of a germ
C.About four fifths were lost between 1965 and 1990
D.Early rails copied the wheel spacing of colliery carts
LessonPrint · RI.5.2 · Set 6 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Two or More Main Ideas
Set 6. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Sleep cleans the brain — B (Fluid washes waste proteins away at night) 2. Coffee spread through meeting places — C (Coffee houses opened in the 1650s for news and argument) 3. Recycling saves energy — D (Making cans from old aluminum uses far less power) 4. Multitasking is mostly switching — A (Each change of task costs a fraction of a second)
2.1. Vaccines train the immune system — B (The body makes antibodies against a harmless piece of a germ) 2. Standard gauge was inherited, not chosen — D (Early rails copied the wheel spacing of colliery carts) 3. Sleep strengthens memory — A (Recall drops when deep sleep is interrupted) 4. Textile jobs fell sharply — C (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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