Main Idea

Main Idea Practice

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Multiple Choice

What is the main idea?

• Fire trucks are red.

• A crab is red.

• Many things are red.

Multiple Choice

What is the main idea?

• You can hug and play with your dog.

• You have to take care of a pet dog.

• You have to feed your pet dog.

Multiple Choice

What is the main idea of this picture?

• sports equipment

• fruit

• insects

• who or what the story is about

Multiple Choice

What is the main idea of this picture?

• sports equipment

• fruit

• insects

• who or what the story is about

Multiple Choice

What is the main idea of this picture?

• sports equipment

• fruit

• insects

• who or what the story is about

Multiple Choice

Look at this book cover, what do you think the main topic will be?

• cars, trains, planes

• barbie dolls

Multiple Choice

What is the main idea?

• Bait

• Net

• Tackle Box

• Fishing

Multiple Choice

What is the main idea?

• Cup

• Bakine Pan

• Cooking

• Flour

Multiple Choice

Now look at this book cover, what might one of your key details be?

• dolphins live in the ocean

• 2nd graders take a field trip to the YMCA

Multiple Select

The main idea will always be the first sentence.

• True

• False

Multiple Select

In order for the reader to find the main idea of a passage the reader must read carefully and think critically about the passage. If the reader is not sure they should reread the passage.

• True

• False

Multiple Select

The main idea is a broad or general statement explaining what the passage is mostly or mainly about.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Tom started to reel in his line. The fish tugged and pulled hard. Judging by the weight of his catch, this fish could feed his family for three days. Tom struggled to stay in the boat and not be pulled over the side. Finally his catch came into view. He had snagged a snapping turtle!
What is the main idea?

• Tom finds enough food for his family.
• Tom gets pulled out of his boat by a huge fish.
• Tom didn't catch anything.
• Tom catches a snapping turtle while fishing.

Multiple Choice

Mary has a new pet. Her pet is a kitten. It is soft and cuddly. The kitten likes to sleep a lot. Mary put a soft blanket in a box for its bed. Mary plays with her kitten when it is awake. She never forgets to feed her kitten.

What is the main idea?

• The kitten sleeps a lot.

• Mary’s new pet is a kitten.

• Mary plays with her kitten.

• Mary always feeds her kitten.

Multiple Choice

Jon held the ball in his hands. He bounced it slowly on the ground. Once. Twice. He crouched low and then jumped. The ball flew into the air. Up, up, up, it went. Then down, down, into the basket. “Yes!” he yelled. “Nothing but net!”

What is the main idea?

• Jon likes basketball.

• Jon can jump.

• Jon held the ball in his hands.

• Jon makes a basket.

Multiple Choice

Find the MAIN IDEA:

Cody is a great soccer player. He practices every day after school. Cody plays for his school soccer team. Cody can kick the ball very far.

• Cody likes to eat crab legs.

• Cody is a great soccer player.

• Cody like to play with his friends.

• Cody went to Legoland.

Multiple Choice

Find the MAIN IDEA:

Junior, Mayson, and Cayden went to the carnival on Saturday. They rode the merry-go-round, the roller coaster, and the ferris wheel. They saw a magic show! They had so much fun and were tired when they went home.

• Mayson was hungry.

• Cayden saw a magic show.

• Junior, Mayson, and Cayden did many things at the carnival.

• The carnival was in Lithonia, GA.

Multiple Choice

What is the main idea?

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What is the main idea?

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What is the main idea?

Multiple Choice

• People use sandbags to get the flood water out of their homes.

• Floods can cause a lot of damage.

• Some homes have been damaged by floods.

• Floods are bad storms.

Multiple Choice

• A long time ago, people did not throw away napkins, they washed them and reused them.

• People use paper napkins in today's times.

• Girls learned to sew in the 1800's.

• The history of cloth napkins and handkerchiefs.

Multiple Choice

• The family car had dents from a hailstorm.

• Gabe mistrusting his brother.

• How Gabe wished he could change things.

• What happened when a hailstorm struck Gabe's area.