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 9 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.
Tea spread through one company's trade
Sleep cleans the brain
Multitasking is mostly switching
Rainforests hold huge variety
A.The East India Company controlled it for two centuries
B.Each change of task costs a fraction of a second
C.One hectare can contain hundreds of tree species
D.Fluid washes waste proteins away at night
2.Write the letter of the detail that supports each main idea.
Old London Bridge helped the Thames freeze
Recycling saves energy
Textile jobs fell sharply
Vaccines train the immune system
A.Making cans from old aluminum uses far less power
B.Its wide piers slowed the water almost to a standstill
C.The body makes antibodies against a harmless piece of a germ
D.About four fifths were lost between 1965 and 1990
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Answer key — Two or More Main Ideas
Set 9. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Tea spread through one company's trade — A (The East India Company controlled it for two centuries) 2. Sleep cleans the brain — D (Fluid washes waste proteins away at night) 3. Multitasking is mostly switching — B (Each change of task costs a fraction of a second) 4. Rainforests hold huge variety — C (One hectare can contain hundreds of tree species)
2.1. Old London Bridge helped the Thames freeze — B (Its wide piers slowed the water almost to a standstill) 2. Recycling saves energy — A (Making cans from old aluminum uses far less power) 3. Textile jobs fell sharply — D (About four fifths were lost between 1965 and 1990) 4. Vaccines train the immune system — C (The body makes antibodies against a harmless piece of a germ)
More practice for RI.5.2
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