Main Idea

Someday we will all have robots that will be our personal servants. They will look and behave much like real humans. We will be able to talk to these mechanical helpers and they will be able to respond in kind! Amazingly, the robots of the future will be able to learn from experience. They will be smart, strong, and untiring workers whose only goal will be to make our lives easier.
What is this selection mainly about?

• Someday we will have robots that will be our personal servants.

• We will be able to talk to robots and they will be able to respond.

•  Robots will be untiring workers.

• Amazingly, the robots of the future will be able to learn from experience.

They want to ride on the big fire truck.
What is the main idea?

• John wants to climb a ladder.

• John and Matt want to be firemen

• Matt wants to hold a fire hose.

• They want to ride on the big fire truck.

Toy cars and trucks were lying all over the floor. Ben had dumped his entire toy box in the middle of his room looking for his favorite blue car. His Uncle Lonnie had given it to him for his birthday. Uncle Lonnie was coming for a visit, and Ben wanted them to play together with it. Ben looked for about an hour and could not find the car. When his mother called him, he stepped on something hard. It was his blue car.
What is the main idea or main event of the passage?

• Ben had many toys and trucks

• Uncle Lonnie gave Ben a blue car

• Ben dumped his entire toy box in the middle of the floor

• Ben found the blue car his Uncle Lonnie gave him by stepping on it

Do you think this sentence implies a theme or a main idea?When Julia fell off the monkey bars and broke her arm, she was terrified to go to the emergency room.

• Theme

• Main Idea

What's the main idea?

• Kim saw Tom.

• Tom dropped a book.

• Kim helped Tom.

• Tom likes to ride his bike.

What is the main idea?

• yellow things

• fruit

• my favorite foods

• sports

Yesterday was my birthday. When I woke up, I noticed my brother Josh hung up a big sign that said,"Happy Birthday, Charles!" Mom made spaghetti for dinner.
It's my favorite food in the whole world. My friend Dave came over and handed me a wrapped gift. I wondered what it was. It was a new basketball! I had a great day.
What is the main idea of this paragraph?

• Josh got lots of gifts.

• Charles got a lot of gifts.

• Charles had a great birthday.

• Josh had a great birthday.

IDENTIFY THE MAIN IDEA

• Why to visit Wyoming

• Yellowstone Park's beautiful water falls

• The continental Divide of North America

• Physical features of the Yellowstone Park

Which tell the definition of the main idea?

• tells the most important thing about a topic

• the BIG idea

• what the passage is mostly about

• smaller pieces of information

What is the main idea of this picture?

• sports equipment

• fruit

• insects

• who or what the story is about