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Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 26mins
Liz went to a carnival. She went on many rides such as roller coasters and a Ferris Wheel. She ate cotton candy. She had a lot of fun at the carnival.
What is the main idea?
Liz ate cotton candy.
Liz had fun.
Liz had fun at the carnival.
Mr. Miller is taking his class on a field trip. They are taking a school bus. They are going to the science museum. They are going to see dinosaurs, apes, and stars.
What is the main idea?
Mr. Miller likes dinosaurs.
Mr. Miller's class is going to the science museum.
Museums are for learning.
Alex is drawing a bunny in art class. He takes out his pencil and colored pencils. He sketches his bunny on a piece of paper. Then he colors it in with his colored pencils.
What is the main idea?
Alex likes art.
Alex has colored pencils
Alex draws a bunny in art.
As soon as Holly walked in the door, her puppy was barking. The puppy ran towards the door. Holly grabbed the leash and took her puppy for a walk.
What is the main idea?
Holly's puppy wanted to go for a walk.
The puppy barked.
Holly walked in.
During both world wars, Mexican immigrants filled an important need in the country. Many American men were overseas fighting. This caused a huge shortage of workers. Mexicans filled in a farmhands and factory workers. They helped produce food for soldiers as well as the supplies necessary to win wars.
Mexican immigrants are not given enough credit.
The US would not have won wither world war if not for Mexican immigrants.
Mexican immigrants have done their part to help the US win wars.
Honeybees travel up to four miles to find nectar for honey. When a bee finds nectar, it does a wiggle dance to tell the other bees where the nectar is. Other worker bees then head out to the source. All in all, a hive of bees can travel up to 55,000 miles and visit 2,000,000 plants to produce one pound of honey.
Honeybees are hard workers.
Hone is made from nectar.
Honeybees like to dance.
Getting a dog? Don't count out a mutt. Mutts are often free, where purebreds can cost thousands. Also, mutts might not be as handsome as purebreds, but they're less likely to be nervous or snappy, and best of all, a mutt doesn't have a million copies of itself running around. A poodle is a poodle, but a mutt is one of a kind!
Purebreds are expensive and have bad qualities.
Mutts definitely make the best pets.
Mutts can be just as good, if not better, than purebreds.
Tattoos might be "in", but they can also be dangerous. Dirty needles are sometimes used to puncture the skin. These needles can spread deadly diseases. It is important for people to research tattoo parlors for their cleanliness. Because, being "in" could just mean being in the hospital.
States should make tattooing illegal.
Tattoos come with health risks.
People who are "in" have tattoos.
In 1964, four young men with matching haircuts landed in New York. The Beatles's music caused a revolution as thousands flocked to see them. More British groups followed, and suddenly as many British bands were on the music charts as American.
The British invaded America during the 1960s.
In the 1960s, British music was better than American music.
The Beatles and other British bands changed music in 1960s America.
On April 10, 1912, the Titanic left England for New York. The great ship had all the latest safety features and had been declared unsinkable. But on April 14, lookouts spotted an iceberg. The crew swerved to miss it, but it was too late. A few hours later, the Titanic sank, and 1,595 of the 2,340 people aboard perished.
No ship can survive being hit by an iceberg.
The Titanic's crew caused it to sink.
No ship is totally unsinkable.
The bombardier beetle has a special chamber in its body that makes chemicals. If the beetle feels threatened, the chamber heats up. This causes the chemicals to boil. The beetle then bombs the enemy with hot jets of chemicals-500 squirts per second! This almost always blinds the enemy and sometimes even kills it.
Bombardier beetles are able to make and heat chemicals within their bodies.
Bombardier beetles have an unusual way of protecting themselves.
Bombardier beetles are able to blind or kill their enemies.
Organ wrens are known for their beautiful song, which actually sounds like an organ playing. There are several legends surrounding the organ wren. One is that when it starts to sing, all the other birds stop to hear it. Another is that the organ wren brings good luck. Still a third is that the organ wren is actually a god turned into a bird.
Organ wrens are named after the sound they make.
When an organ wren sings, other birds stop to hear it.
Organ wrens sing so beautifully that people have created legends about them.
In the 1830s, an Irish scientist said trains would never be able to travel very fast. Before 1900, people didn't see a need for telephones. In 1894, a British scientist said people would not use radios. In 1943, the chairman of IBM computers was asked how many computers the world would need. His answer? Five!
People should never try to predict the future.
People cannot always predict how things will turn out.
The world only needs five computers.
In the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, young Huck runs away from home with a slave named Jim. They head north so Jim can be free, but on the way, Huck feels guilty. He knows it's against the law to help Jim escape slavery. He thinks about turning Jim in, but he also thinks about what a good friend Jim is, so he keeps going.
A good friend is worth taking risks for.
Huck has a lot of guilt.
People who break laws almost always feel guilty.
The Colossus of Rhodes was a huge statue of the Greek Sun god. Built in 282 BC, it stood 110 feet high and weighed 225 tons. For years, it stood on the island of Rhodes. But an earthquake shook the area around 226 BC, causing the statue to topple and break. Some say it took 900 camels to haul the pieces away.
The Colossus of Rhodes is one of the Seven Wonders of the World.
The Colossus of Rhodes was 110 feet high.
A Greek statue was toppled by an earthquake.
