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Getting the Main Idea 2

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 59mins

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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.

John and Matt want to be firemen. They want to ride on the big fire truck. John wants to climb ladders and rescue people from fires. Matt wants to hold the big hose and spray water on the fires to put them out.
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.

Mrs. Jones and Mrs. Brown are bakers. They work at a store called Bake Goods to Go. Mrs. Jones works nights. She bakes cakes, cookies, and pies. Mrs. Brown works in the daytime. She bakes bread and rolls. Both Mrs. Jones and Mrs. Brown are very good bakers.
What is the main idea?

Mrs. Jones bakes pies.

Mrs. Brown bakes rolls.

Mrs. Jones and Mrs. Brown are bakers

They work at a store called Bake Goods to Go.

The earth's surface is constantly changing. All over the world everyday there are earthquakes, floods and volcanoes that quickly change our world. Some changes are too small to see. Others cause tremendous damage and costs millions of dollars to clean up.
What is the main idea?

It is expensive to clean up the damage

Sometimes we can't see the changes.

The Earth's surface is always changing.

Scientists can measure the intensity of an earthquake. They use an instrument called the Richter scale. The Richter scale compares the strength of different earthquakes. Earthquakes below 2.0 usually can’t be felt. Earthquakes over 5.0 on the scale can cause damage. A magnitude 7.0 is a major earthquake and can cause tremendous damage.
What is the main idea?

Scientists can measure the intensity of an earthquake.

Strong earthquakes can cause lots of damage.

Some earthquakes are very small.

There is a type of scale called a Richter scale

The Constitution of the U.S. has been amended several times to allow more citizens the right to vote. The 15th Amendment, ratifi ed in 1870, extended voting rights to former slaves. The 19th Amendment, ratifi ed in 1920, gave women the right to vote. In 1971, the 26th Amendment granted voting rights to those 18 years and older, changing the requirement that voters must be 21 years old.
What is the main idea?

The Constitution has been amended many times.

Women didn’t vote until 1920 but men could vote since the founding of the country

Today, almost anyone can vote.

The Constitution has been amended several times to grant more citizens the right to vote.

There are several ways to determine if a snake is poisonous or not. First, poisonous snakes usually have triangular shaped heads while nonpoisonous snakes have rounded heads. Second, poisonous snakes have pupils that look like slits. Nonpoisonous snakes have pupils that are rounder. Finally, the snouts of poisonous snakes are sometimes upturned, while nonpoisonous snakes have rounded snouts.

What is the main idea of this paragraph?

Poisonous snakes usually have triangular shaped heads while nonpoisonous snakes have rounded heads.

There are several ways to determine if a snake is poisonous or not.

Poisonous snakes have pupils that look like slits.

Elephants use their trunks for many things. Elephants use their trunks to smell. In fact, elephants can smell better than bloodhounds. Baby elephants sometimes suck their trunks to soothe themselves the way human babies suck their thumbs. Elephants do not drink with their trunks. They use their trunks to suck up water and then pour it in their mouths. Elephants also greet each other with their trunks the way humans do by shaking hands.

Elephants use their trunks to smell.

They use their trunks to suck up water and then pour it in their mouths.

Elephants use their trunks for many things.

George Washington is known as the “Father of Our Country” because of his strong leadership. He was the commander in chief of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. After winning the Revolutionary War, George Washington headed the group of men who wrote the Constitution of the United States of America. Later, the colonists elected George Washington as the first president of the United States of America.

George Washington is known as the “Father of Our Country” because of his strong leadership.

George Washington was the commander in chief of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War.

George Washington headed the group of men who wrote the Constitution of the United States of America.

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Mariano Ponce was a propagandist of the Philippine Revolution and wrote for the publication La Solidaridad. In 1881, Ponce travelled to Spain to continue his medical studies. While he was in Spain, he joined Marcelo del Pilar, Graciano Jaena and Jose Rizal in the Propaganda Movement.

Ponce was imprisoned when the revolution began in August 1896 but was later released. Fearing another arrest, he fled to France and later went to Hong Kong where he joined a group of Filipinos who served as the international front of the Philippine revolution.

What is the main idea?

Ponce was imprisoned when the revolution began in August 1896 but was later released.

In 1881, Ponce travelled to Spain to continue his medical studies. While he was in Spain, he joined Marcelo del Pilar.

Mariano Ponce was a propagandist of the Philippine Revolution.

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Animals and plants living in deserts have adaptations which enable them to survive there. Desert plants have little or no leaves where moisture can escape. They also have deep roots to soak up water underground. Many desert animals are nocturnal. They burrow in the soil or sand during the hottest part of the day and are active at night when it is cooler. Desert animals also survive by getting the water they need from desert plants.

Desert animals also survive by getting the water they need from desert plants.

Desert plants have little or no leaves where moisture can escape.

Animals and plants living in deserts have adaptations

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Getting the Main Idea 2

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 59mins

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