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WorksheetsMain idea and supporting details
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 17mins
What is a supporting detail?
Select ALL details to support the main idea that education is important.
It helps you understand the world.
Education causes problems.
Education can lead to success in life.
You make smarter choices in life if you're educated.
What is the main idea?
Selective the sentence that best summaries paragraphs two and three.
Ben Franklin created is known for using lighting to created the lighting rod which protected buildings form lighting strikes.
Ben Franklin was a founding father that helped build the U.S constitution, declaration of independence, as well as represent France during the American Revolution.
Ben Franklin was an inventor and scientist that researched and created various inventions from the lighting rod to watertight compartments on ships.
Which detail about Ben's Key and Kite experiment does NOT belong?
The experiment helped Ben Franklin create the lighting rod.
Ben Franklin was able to protect buildings from lighting strikes
Ben Franklin used this experiment to become famous.
Students compete in robot sumo contests. They learn how to build their own robots. They
compete against their classmates and students from other schools. To win, students must be
creative. They must have a good plan for defeating other robots.
What is the main idea of this paragraph?
Students need a good plan for defeating other robots.
Students compete against their classmates and students from other schools.
Students compete in robot sumo contests.
Students must be creative to win.
Mother gorillas do a lot for their babies. They nurse their babies. They protect them from danger. And they teach the tiny gorillas how to get along with other gorillas.
What is the main idea?
What is the main idea?
They saw some deer.
Jake's family likes to camp.
Jake's family went on a camping trip.
They cooked their food outside.
Select ALL details to support the main idea that education is important.
It helps you understand the world.
Education causes problems.
Education can lead to success in life.
You make smarter choices in life if you're educated.
Topic Sentence: Reading class is really interesting.
Chad had finished making the gold chain for the necklace. He was preparing the pearls to be placed on the earrings. He washed the dishes after eating dinner.
Which one is an irrelevant detail in the text?
He washed the dishes after eating dinner.
Chad had finished making the gold chain for the necklace.
He was preparing the pearls to be placed on the earrings.
