WorksheetsInformational Reading Wizard!
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 16mins
When you read to gain information, look for the __________. That is the most important idea of a passage, or what the passage is mainly about.
summarizing
main idea
inference
supporting details
Then look for __________ that support, or back up, the main idea.
details
main idea
inference
summarizing
When you __________, you tell the key ideas and leave out the ideas that are not as important.
main idea
details
summarize
none of these
A __________ tells about people, events, or ideas of the past.
historical text
scientific text
technical text
none of these
A ___________ give facts or information about the physical world.
historical text
scientific text
technical text
none of these
A ___________ is the reason why something happens.
summary
cause
effect
inference
An __________ happens as a result.
summary
cause
effect
inference
Writers do not always fill in every detail -- they expect the readers to apply their own ideas to help them understand a text. You often need to make _________ when you read.
summaries
main ideas
supporting details
inferences
You can use __________ to figure out what a word means. Look at the words before and after the unfamiliar word.
context clues
summaries
main ideas
inferences
When you _________, you find ways things are alike.
summarize
compare
contrast
none of these
When you ___________, you find ways things are different.
summarize
compare
contrast
none of these
What genre is informational text?
Fiction
Non-Fiction
Fantasy
Fiction-Non
Why do we study non-fiction text structure?
We try to understand the lesson the author has learned.
To learn how to gain information from reading factual information.
All stories have different characters and settings.
Because teachers like to bore us.
What is the author's purpose for informational text?
to explain
to inform
to teach
all of the above
What does immigration mean?
to be scared
a very hungry hippo
to become the president
to come to a country from another country
What does community mean?
co-workers
a group of people living in the same area or sharing a similar interest
to go on a hike
a best friendship
What does population mean?
to be popular
to be a popstar
to grow into a pinapple
the amount of people living in an area
