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Tyrone really wanted an adventure. He borrowed his friend's bike and explored the world. He saw many amazing things and had a lot of fun. Tyrone was so glad he went on his trip! What is the best summary for this paragraph?
Tyrone saw amazing things.
Tyrone went on a fun bike adventure.
Tyrone was glad he went on a trip.
Tyrone wanted to explore.
Jayelle had a birthday party at her house. She invited lots of friends. They all brought her a present to open. She was excited to share cupcakes with her friends. She thanked everyone for coming before they went home. What is the best summary for this paragraph?
Jayelle opened presents.
Jayelle ate cupcakes with her friends.
Jayelle had a birthday party with her friends.
Jayelle thanked her friends for coming.
"Are you already done, son?" his father asked. "It seems like you just got in the water." Darren was finished with his bath in less than two minutes. He got his body and hair wet, rubbed some grape flavored shampoo on his hair, washed his body with soap, and quickly rinsed it off. He liked to take fast baths so he would have more time to play. In fact, Darren never took a long bath. To him, the faster the bath, the better.
The Summary of this passage is:
Darren is very clean.
Darren uses grape flavored shampoo.
Darren likes to take fast baths.
Darren never took showers.
The Summary of this passage is:
As soon as she arrived at grandmother's house, Kaithlyn ran into her bedroom to look at the blue quilt. It covered her grandmother's bed and was Kaithlyn's favorite. It had patches of dark blue, medium blue, and light blue, with pictures of birds and flowers on every other patch. Kaithlyn liked to take naps with the quilt wrapped around her. She loved the way it felt so soft and warm against her skin. Whenever she was visiting grandma, just looking at the quilt made Kaithlyn happy.
The Summary of this passage is:
Kaithlyn's grandmother has a pretty blue quilt.
Kaithlyn loved her grandmother's quilt.
Kaithlyn took naps at her grandmother's house.
The quilt was warm.
Duvann carefully poured out the bag of marbles on his bed. He picked his ten favorite marbles and carefully set them to the side. Then he got out a small bag from his top drawer, and put the ten marbles inside. Just to make sure he wouldn't forget them, he placed the bag of marbles in his backpack. Duvann loved show and tell, and he was excited that he would get to show his class some of his favorite marbles.
The Summary of this passage is:
Duvann had lots of marbles.
Duvann was getting his favorite marbles ready to take to school for show and tell.
Duvann would rather play marbles than play baseball.
Duvann placed the bag of marbles in his backpack.
What would it be like to have teeth like a shark? A shark can have up to 3,000 teeth at one time. Shark teeth grow in rows, one behind another. Most sharks have 5 rows of teeth. When a shark loses a tooth, it is replaced by a tooth from the row behind it.
Which is the best summary of the passage above?
A shark can have up to 3,000 teeth at one time
Sharks have many teeth that are constantly replaced by new ones
Most sharks have 5 rows of teeth.
When a shark loses a tooth, it is replaced by a tooth from the row behind it.
Mickey Mouse is much older than he looks. He was created by Walt Disney in 1928. His first appearance was in a black and white cartoon called "Steamboat Willie". At the time most cartoons were silent. Steamboat Willie was one of the first cartoons with sound
Mickey Mouse is much older than he looks.
He was created by Walt Disney in 1928
Mickey Mouse has been around since 1928 when he made his first appearance in Steamboat Willie
At the time most cartoons were silent. Steamboat Willie was one of the first cartoons with sound
Books lay in the middle of his floor. Several broken toys were shoved halfway under the bed, and dirty clothes were everywhere. Frank's parents kept telling him to clean his room, but it never seemed to get clean. In fact, if Frank did manage to clean part of it, the rest of the room just got messier. In one corner of the room was an old peanut butter and jelly sandwich, and an open bag of potato chips was thrown on the dresser.
Devonte and Dylan went to the mall to buy shoes. Dylan decided that he was going to steal pair of shoes from the mall. Devonte tried to talk Dylan out of doing it. When they got to the mall and entered the shoes store Devonte went to look at some shoes. Dylan pretended to be looking at shoes, when he suddenly bolted for the door with a pair of Nikes. The security guard reached out and grabbed Dylan's arm and took him to the station. Devonte just called his mom to pick him up.
What is the most appropriate summary?
Devonte wanted a pair of shoes from the mall so he got his friend Dylan to steal them.
Dylan thought he could get away with stealing shoes from the mall and he did.
Devonte had no idea that Dylan planned to steal from the mall when they planned to buy shoes.
Devonte tried to talk his friend Dylan out of stealing shoes from the mall, but when he did it anyway he got caught.
Read the following passage and then answer the question.
Tamara knew all of the seven dwarfs except one. She remembered Grumpy, Sleepy and Bashful. And of course she couldn't forget Doc and Dopey. Dopey was her favorite. But there was one she just could not remember. Let's see. There's also Sneezy, and that's six. But she could not remember that last one. What was his name?
Dopey was Tamara's favorite dwarf.
Tamara could not remember the name of one of the dwarfs.
There were seven dwarfs in all.
Tamara had a good memory.
The Elk River flows from the far northern part of the state all the way to the southern tip. All kinds of animals rely on it for drinking water, people eat the fish they catch in it, and farmers in the state depend on it for irrigating their crops. Since there is very little rain in this state, the Elk River gives animals and humans the water they need to stay alive. Even though the river is not nearly the biggest in the nation, it is very important to the people and animals that live near it.
Cheetahs are the fastest big cat in the world. They can run up 70 miles per hour- speeds that are equivalent to the speed limit on a highway. One of the main reasons a cheetah can run so fast is because of its build. The cheetah is very slender, light, has long legs, and a long tail. This allows aerodynamics to works in its favor. Speed is also what keeps the cheetah out of danger when being attacked as prey.
Cheetahs escape their predators by running quickly. Their legs and tails help them run faster. They are the coolest cats on the planet.
Cheetahs are the fastest animal in the world. They can travel up to highways speeds. Their slender build allows them to run quickly and escape predators that may be after them.
Cheetahs can travel as fast as cars on the highway. That speed is up to 70 miles per hour!
Cheetahs are a big cat that can run really fast. Out of all of the big cats you can think of, cheetahs are the fastest. You could never outrun a cheetah.
Squids are one of the oceans coolest creatures. They protect themselves in a very unique way. Rather than using venom, teeth, or strength, squids use black ink. When this creature feels as if it is being threatened by predator, it simply releases this ink. The ink makes the water around it cloudy and dark. The murky water allows the squid to escape its predator by using their arms and siphon to propel itself.
What is the best summary of the selection?
When a quid feels threatened, they let out dark stuff that helps hide them. When they are hidden, they cannot be eaten by their predators.
Squids are the coolest ocean animal. Unlike most other ocean animals, these creatures use a different method of escaping their predators.
Squids do not use venom or teeth to escape their predators. They use black ink.
Squids are unique by the way they protect themselves from predators. They use black ink that makes the water cloudy and hard to see. While the water is cloudy, the squid swims away.
The 2014 FIFA World Cup will be held in Brazil. It will be the 20th year of the World cup. Brazil was chosen in October 2007 to host the 2014 competition. Earlier in the year, South America has been chosen as the continent for the contest. Brazil was the only country to put in a bid. This is the second time Brazil will host the World Cup. The country hosted it in 1950. It is the first World Cup to be held in South America since 1978, when Argentina hosted. No other South American country has hosted the World Cup more than once.
Which of the following best summarizes the passage?
The 2014 World Cup will be held in Brazil. It is the second time Brazil has been chosen to host the World Cup. Brazil is the only South American country to host the World Cup twice.
In October 2007, Brazil was chosen to host the 20th World Cup. Brazil has already hosted the World Cup before. 1978 was the last time a South American country hosted the World Cup.
Early in 2007, South America was chosen as the continent for the 20th World Cup. Brazil was the only country that put in a bid. Brazil hosted the World Cup before in 1950.
The 20th World Cup will take place in 2014. In 2007, it was decided that the competition would be held in South America. It is the first World Cup in South America since 1978.
Turn over a bag of potato chips. Is the label interesting? A simple food recipe may use several ingredients. These come from the soil and from chemistry labs around the world. Surprises also show up in the labels on clothing and other products. Look at the label on a package of lipstick. The tube seems small and shiny, but inside the lipstick there is soap, oil, fish scales, and wax.
What is the best way to summarize this passage?
Lipstick seems small and shiny. Look at the label sometime. It has at least four different ingredients.
Clothes and other products have many ingredients as well. Lipstick alone has soap, oil, wax, and fish scales.
Labels show what goes into food, clothing, and other products. A simple product may have many ingredients.
A bag of potato chips seems like a simple recipe. There are many ingredients from the soil and from chemistry labs.
The Atlantic puffin looks similar to a penguin but it has a colorful beak. The distinctive beak is the reason why the Atlantic puffin is called a "sea parrot." The puffin's beak turns from gray in the winter to colorful in the sprint- just in time for mating season. Puffins spend a majority of their time in the water, but they are excellent fliers who beat their wings up to 400 times a minute. Puffins lay their eggs in the same site each year. Most puffins breed and lay eggs along the coast of Iceland.
What is the best summary of the paragraph?
The Atlantic puffins spend a majority of their time in the water, but they only beat their wings up to 400 times a minute. Most breed and lay eggs along the coast of Iceland.
The Atlantic puffin's colorful and distinctive beak is why it is called a "sea parrot." The puffin is an excellent flier but spends most of its time in the water, and it breeds along the coast of Iceland.
The Atlantic puffin has a distinctive beak that is the reason why the Atlantic puffin is called a "sea parrot." Puffins also lay thier eggs in the same site each year, and spend most of their time in the water.
The Atlantic puffin looks like a penguin and can beat its wings 400 times a minute. Its beak is distinctive and changes to bright colors just in time for mating season.
Paragraph 1 from "History of the Harmonica":
The harmonica has been around for more than 200 years. Before its invention, people used small hollow objects that could make sounds. A person could blow into the instrument. A Chinese man made the first object like this. It was made from a gourd with reeds stretched across it. Later, the instruments were made from small pipes tied together.
Which detail from the first paragraph is most important to include in a summary of the passage?
A Chinese man made the first instrument like a harmonica.
People once had small hollow objects that could make sounds.
The harmonica has been around for more than 200 years.
Abraham Lincoln even carried a harmonica in his pocket.
The ancient Greeks developed a sophisticated culture. They created cities with agoras that served as a market place and center of the community. Each ancient Greek city-state developed a government, a set of laws, created armies, and levied taxes. The city-state was protected by a god or goddess. For example, it was believed that the goddess Athena protected the city-state of Athens. The ancient Greeks produced epic poetry written by Homer as well as advances in science and mathematics.
The ancient Greeks developed a sophisticated culture that produced eipic poetry and advances in science and mathematics. The Greek city-states included community markets as well as governments that established laws, armies and levied taxes.
The ancient Greeks developed a sophisticated culture that included gods and goddesses that protected each of the city-states. Greeks are also famous for epic poetry that is still read today, as well as advances in science and mathematics.
The ancient Greeks developed a sophisticated culture that included epic poetry written by Homer, as well as advances in science and mathematics. Each city depended on a god or goddess for protection, and developed a government that levied taxes.
The ancient Greeks developed a sophisticated culture that included agoras at the center of their communities. The city-states were run by their own government and protected by a god or goddess, like Athena who protected the Athens.
