Main Topic of the Whole Text is a free printable Grade 2 English worksheet on naming what a multi-paragraph text is about, aligned to Common Core standard RI.2.2. 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 pupils in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.
Set 1 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
Glass is unusual. It can be melted and remade for ever without getting any worse.
Bottles are first sorted by colour. Clear, green and brown glass have to be kept apart, because you cannot make clear glass from green.
The glass is then crushed into small pieces called cullet. Metal lids are pulled out with a magnet.
Cullet melts at a lower temperature than the raw materials glass is made from. That means recycling glass uses less energy than making it new.
The melted glass is poured into moulds and blown into new bottles.
1. Summarise this text in one sentence.
2. What is the main topic of this text?
2.Read the text, then answer the questions.
How a Camel Survives
A camel can cross a desert that would kill most animals. Almost every part of it helps.
Its hump is not full of water. It is full of fat. The camel uses the fat for energy when there is no food, which is why the hump sags on a hungry camel.
A camel has two rows of long eyelashes and can close its nostrils. Both keep sand out during a storm.
Its feet are wide and flat. They spread the camel's weight so it does not sink into soft sand.
A thirsty camel can drink a hundred litres in ten minutes.
1. Summarise this text in one sentence.
2. What is the main topic of this text?
LessonPrint · RI.2.2 · Set 1 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Main Topic of the Whole Text
Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Glass bottles are sorted by colour, crushed into cullet, melted with less energy than raw materials, and blown into new bottles. 2. How glass bottles are recycled into new ones.
2.1. A camel's fat-filled hump, long eyelashes, closable nostrils and wide feet let it survive a desert. 2. How a camel's body lets it survive in a desert.
Questions about Main Topic of the Whole Text
What does the Main Topic of the Whole Text worksheet cover?
It practises naming what a multi-paragraph text is about — 2 questions for Grade 2, all on Common Core RI.2.2: Say what the whole text is about and what each paragraph is about. The instruction to pupils is “Read the text, then answer the questions”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.
Which Common Core standard does Main Topic of the Whole Text practise?
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.2.2 — RI.2.2, in the Reading: Informational Text domain for Grade 2. The published standard reads: “Identify the main topic of a multiparagraph text as well as the focus of specific paragraphs within the text.” The worksheet assesses that standard rather than a paraphrase of it.
What age or grade is this worksheet for?
Main Topic of the Whole Text is written for Grade 2, typically ages 7-8. It is one of the sheets on RI.2.2, so it suits any pupil working at that standard — including older pupils revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.
Does Main Topic of the Whole Text come with an answer key?
Yes. All 2 answers are generated from the same problems as the questions, so the key cannot drift out of step with the sheet. It starts on a fresh sheet of paper, after the questions, so it is not handed out with the class by accident.
How many different versions of Main Topic of the Whole Text can I print?
25 — one per pupil, and all 25 ask different questions. Set 1 downloads the whole class as a single PDF. Every version is fixed to its own address, so a sheet printed today holds the same problems when you reopen it next week.
Is Main Topic of the Whole Text free to print and photocopy?
Yes. Main Topic of the Whole Text, its answer key and its 25 versions are free to print and photocopy for your own class, with no account, no email capture and no subscription at the download step. Please do not resell them or republish them as your own.
Is there a lesson plan to teach RI.2.2?
Yes — “The Main Topic of Each Paragraph” is a 40-minute Grade 2 plan for RI.2.2, timed section by section, with the misconceptions to expect and an exit ticket. Main Topic of the Whole Text is the practice that follows it.
More practice for RI.2.2
Say what the whole text is about and what each paragraph is about.