Main Ideas and Details

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What is the main idea of the passage about activities at the beach?

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There are many fun things to do at the beach.

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What is the main idea of the passage about soccer players?

Back

Soccer players learn many skills when playing soccer.

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What is the best question to ask yourself when you are trying to find the main idea?

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What point is the author trying to make?

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This paragraph mainly tells: how bats use sound, what things bats often eat as food, how bats fly toward people, how people can hear the sounds of bats.

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how bats use sound

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I can't wait until this weekend! We’re going to my grandparents’ house and my entire family will be there. I will spend most of my time playing games with my cousins. We always have such a good time together! The day goes by so fast, and by the end we are all exhausted... but we still don’t want to leave!
What is the main idea?

Back

The author enjoys spending time with her family.

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Which sentence is a supporting detail that recycling is important? Options: There are many landfills available for waste., Recycling paper saves trees from being cut down., Clean jars before recycling them., Separate your paper, cans, and glass jars before recycling.

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Recycling paper saves trees from being cut down.

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Key details give important information to support the main idea.

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True

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What is the main idea of the passage about sunflowers? Options: To discuss large flowers., To describe the importance of the sunflower., To tell how the sunflower got its name.

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To tell how the sunflower got its name.

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What is a main idea?

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the most important idea about a topic that a particular text or paragraph conveys

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The earth's surface is constantly changing. All over the world everyday there are earthquakes, floods and volcanoes that quickly change our world. Some changes are too small to see. Others cause tremendous damage and costs millions of dollars to clean up. What is the main idea?

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The Earth's surface is always changing.