Main Idea

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6th - 7th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
There are many fun things to do at the beach. Swimming is one thing that can be done at the beach. Snorkeling is another thing that can be enjoyed. Playing beach volleyball can be a lot of fun. It is also fun to look for shells. Some people simply like to sunbathe.
What is the main idea?
There are many fun things to do at the beach.
It is also fun to look for shells.
Some people simply like to sunbathe.
Going to the beach to swim can be fun.
Tags
CCSS.RI.2.2
CCSS.RI.3.2
CCSS.RL.11-12.2
CCSS.RL.8.2
CCSS.RL.9-10.2
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Soccer players learn many skills when playing soccer. Soccer players learn how to dribble and pass the ball. They also learn how to control the ball so they can eventually score. Most importantly, soccer players learn how to work together with their teammates.
What is the main idea?
They also learn how to control the ball so they can eventually score.
Soccer players learn how to dribble.
They learn how to work together as teammates.
Soccer players learn many skills when playing soccer.
Tags
CCSS.RI.11-12.2
CCSS.RI.7.2
CCSS.RI.8.2
CCSS.RL.11-12.2
CCSS.RL.8.2
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
What is the main idea?
Its the authors point of view
Is what the passage is mostly about
It is the sequence of the story.
Tags
CCSS.RI.6.2
CCSS.RI.7.2
CCSS.RI.8.2
CCSS.RL.3.2
CCSS.RL.7.2
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Native Americans dried strips of meat, pounded it into a paste, and then mixed it with fat. Sometimes they added berries and sugar. Then they pressed it into small cakes. They called these cakes pemmican. Pemmican didn't spoil, and it provided lots of energy for people traveling or going hunting. Today explorers still carry and eat this food.
What is the passage mostly about?
who uses pemmican today
what can be put into pemmican
how pemmican was prepared by Native Americans.
why people eat pemmican today
Tags
CCSS.RI. 9-10.2
CCSS.RI.11-12.2
CCSS.RI.4.2
CCSS.RL.4.2
CCSS.RL.6.2
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Were you born after 1985? If so, how long do you expect to live? Most people born after 1985 can expect to live more than 70 years. Of course, this is just a guess based on past records. By the way, females can expect to live about six years longer than males. That’s taken from past records too!
What is the paragraph mostly about?
how long you might expect to live
about the health of females
why people live to be 70
tells that people live to be 100
Tags
CCSS.RI.2.2
CCSS.RI.8.2
CCSS.RI.K.2
CCSS.RL.1.2
CCSS.RL.6.2
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Mrs. Gonzales likes to paint. She likes the pretty colors. She draws a picture first. Then she uses her paints. She gives her pictures to her son.
Mrs. Gonzales does not paint well.
Painting is fun.
Mrs. Gonzales paints pictures.
Tags
CCSS.RI. 9-10.2
CCSS.RI.5.9
CCSS.RL.11-12.2
CCSS.RL.6.2
CCSS.RL.8.2
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Aaron and Angel are friends. They look alike. They talk alike. Sometimes the dress alike. People think Aaron is Angel. People think Angel is Aaron. The boys think it is funny.
Aaron and Angel are alike in many ways.
Aaron is older than Angel.
Angel is bigger than Aaron.
Tags
CCSS.RI.5.2
CCSS.RI.6.2
CCSS.RI.7.2
CCSS.RI.8.2
CCSS.RL.5.2
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