Main Idea 2

Joe will wash Father's car. Father likes a clean car. Joe likes to wash the car. He will make it very clean. Father will pay him for his work.

What is the main idea of the passage?

• Joe likes to wash Father's car.

• Joe does not like cars.

• Joe goes for a ride in a clean car.

Ginny will move to a new house. The new house is not far from the old house. Ginny will go to the same school. She can keep her old friends. She can make new friends, too.

What is the main idea of the passage?

• Ginny does not want to move.

• Ginny if going to move.

• Moving is fun.

Mark has a dog. It is very beautiful pet. Mark will take the dog to a dog show. He hopes it will win. mark and the dog will have fun.

What is the main idea of the passage?

• Mark has many dogs.

• Mark will win something.

• Mark will go to a dog show.

Frank has no pets. He wants a quiet pet. He looks at fish and turtles. Turtles are more fun to watch. Frank buys a turtle.

What is the main idea of the passage?

• Frank has turtles and fish.

• Frank does not like animals.

• Frank gets a turtle.

It gets very hot in the summer. Sometimes it is too hot to work. It is too hot to play. The best thing to do is go swimming.

• Summer is too short.

• School starts in summer.

• Summer can get very hot.

Scott has something he likes a lot. It has four wheels. it is red. It can carry things. Scott rides it. Scott gives his friends rides in it. It is Scott's wagon.

• All boys like wagons.

• Scott has fun with his wagon.

• All wagons are red.

There are 10 hens in the barn. They are good hens. They lay eggs every day. They each have a nest. Sometimes they make a lot of noise.

• Hens and roosters lay eggs.

• All farmers have hens.

• Ten hens lay eggs.

Ann likes to jump rope with her friends. She can jump fast. She can do some tricks. Ann likes to jump rope a lot. She is the best jumper in school.

What is the main idea of the passage?

• Ann does not like to jump.

• Ann is a good rope jumper.

• Everyone likes to jump rope.

Bears love to eat honey. They like it because it is sweet. Bears look for honey in the woods. They climb trees to get it. They will eat all the honey they find.

• Bears like honey.

• Bears like to eat candy.

• Bears like to catch bees.

Sally likes to paint. She likes the pretty colors. She draws a pictures first. Then she uses her paints. She gives her pictures to Mother.

What is the main idea of the passage?

• Sally does not paint well.

• Painting is fun.

• Sally paints pictures.