WorksheetsTopic or Main Idea?
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
What is the topic?
"Dogs can be trained to help people. Some dogs work with police. Others help people who are blind. Dogs are amazing helpers!"
Police
Helping people
Dogs
Dogs can help people
What is the main idea?
"Dogs can be trained to help people. Some dogs work with police. Others help people who are blind. Dogs are amazing helpers!"
Police officers have dogs.
Dogs are amazing helpers that can be trained to help people
Dogs can see for people
Dogs bark loudly
What is the topic of this paragraph?
"Recycling helps the planet. When we recycle paper, we save trees. Recycling plastic helps keep oceans clean. Everyone can help by recycling!"
trees
plastic
recycling
helping
What is the main idea of the paragraph?
"Recycling helps the planet. When we recycle paper, we save trees. Recycling plastic helps keep oceans clean. Everyone can help by recycling!"
Recycling helps save trees
Recycling is good for the environment and everyone can help
Recycling is boring
Plastic goes in oceans
Which is the topic?
"Butterflies go through four life stages. They start as eggs, then become caterpillars. After a chrysalis stage, they become butterflies."
Chrysalis
caterpillars
eggs
Life Cycle
What is the main idea?
"Butterflies go through four life stages. They start as eggs, then become caterpillars. After a chrysalis stage, they become butterflies."
Butterflies are pretty
Butterflies are insects
Butterflies go through a life cycle with four stages
Butterflies eat leaves
What is the topic?
"Sharks are strong swimmers with sharp teeth. They live in oceans and eat fish or seals. Some sharks are huge, like the great white shark."
sharks
sharp teeth
Great White Shark
Fish
"Sharks are strong swimmers with sharp teeth. They live in oceans and eat fish or seals. Some sharks are huge, like the great white shark."
What is the main idea?
Sharks eat fish
Sharks have sharp teeth
Sharks are big and scary
Sharks are strong ocean animals with special traits
What’s the best way to tell the difference between topic and main idea?
The topic is a full sentence; the main idea is just one word
The topic is a detail; the main idea is what the title says
The topic is a short phrase; the main idea is a full sentence that tells the most important point
The topic is always in bold
Which could be a main idea in a passage about tornadoes?
Tornadoes are spinning winds that can cause damage to homes and cities
Tornadoes are scary
Tornadoes happen in spring
Tornadoes are loud storms
