WorksheetsMain Idea/ Theme
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 24mins
Bella is going to have a birthday party. She is turning fifteen on Sunday. The dress that she will wear was bought from France. Both of her parents spent a lot for this celebration. All her friends are invited to the party. What is the main idea?
There are balloons for the party
Bella’s peach dress
Bella’s birthday party
Everybody is busy for the Literacy Month. A school program will be held this Friday. The Kinder teachers prepared a dance number. Grade 2 students will have a song number. The Grade 1 boys will do a short skit. What is the main idea?
Song number of Grade 2 students
School program for the Literacy Month
Dance number of Kinder teachers
Ringo is a 9-month old German shepherd. You’ll know he’s around because he barks at anyone who passes by. One afternoon, we didn’t hear him bark. We looked for Ringo and found out that he was sick. What is the main idea?
Ringo was sick
Ringo is a German shepherd
Ringo barks at anyone
What are supporting details?
Useless
Details from the text that tell you how the character is feeling
Details about the text that tell you about the setting
Details from the text that develop the main idea
What is theme?
The emotion or feeling of a text.
A one-word subject or topic of a text.
The deeper meaning of a text that may be stated directly or indirectly.
The summary of all the main ideas in a text.
Toby is special. He helps Jenna because she does not see well. Toby guides Jenna cross the street. He makes sure it is safe for Jenna to cross.
Choose one supporting detail below.
He makes sure it is safe for Jenna to cross.
Toby went to a special dog school.
Toby is special.
Every second, hundreds of thunderstorms are born around the world. Thunderstorms are heavy rain showers. They can drop millions of gallons of water in a minute.
Choose one supporting detail below.
Thunderstorms are heavy rain showers.
Every second, hundreds of thunderstorms are born around the world.
We call these changes in the air, weather.
True or False: The main idea does not need supporting details.
True
False
A statement that tells what a passage is mostly about -
Topic
Main idea
Claim
Supporting detail
What are the facts in the sentence called?
Facts
Main Idea
Supporting Details
Summery
Mount Rushmore is a huge carving in a stone cliff. The carving shows the faces of four U.S. presidents. They are George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln. Mount Rushmore is in South Dakota. Each year many people visit this amazing sight.
What is the main idea?
Mount Rushmore is a carving in a stone cliff.
Mount Rushmore is in South Dakota
George Washington is one of the faces on Mount Rushmore.
Mount Rushmore attracts visitors.
If you are feeling sad, you can make yourself feel better by doing a few simple things. You can take a walk (or get another form of exercise), you can talk to a friend, or you can write down your feelings. Writing down the good things in your life will help too. Doing something good for someone else will also help you feel better. If you still feel a little sad, act happy. It works like magic to make you feel better!
What is the main idea?
Sometimes people feel sad.
You should do good things for others.
We're not always happy.
There are many ways to make yourself feel better.
What are supporting details in a nonfiction passage?
Conversations between characters
Unnecessary information
Facts or examples that support the main idea
Facts or examples that support the theme
What is the main idea?
What is a statement that tells what a passage is mostly about called?
Topic
Claim
Main Idea
Transitional sentence
Which of the following is NOT a supporting detail?
What is the theme?
