Topic Main Idea and Supporting Details

What animal has the longest nose in the world? If you thought the elephant, you were right. The elephant’s nose, called a trunk, is also the most useful nose in the world. The elephant uses its nose to sniff food, roll logs, and fight foes. When it is thirsty, the elephant can drink six quarts with its nose. It also uses its nose for taking a bath too.

What is the best topic for this passage?

• The longest nose

• The elephant

• The elephant’s nose

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What animal has the longest nose in the world? If you thought the elephant, you were right. The elephant’s nose, called a trunk, is also the most useful nose in the world. The elephant uses its nose to sniff food, roll logs, and fight foes. When it is thirsty, the elephant can drink six quarts with its nose. It also uses its nose for taking a bath too.

What is the main idea for this passage?

• The elephant’s nose is very useful to them.

• What animal has the longest nose in the world?

• The elephant has a nose that we call a trunk.

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What animal has the longest nose in the world? If you thought the elephant, you were right. The elephant’s nose, called a trunk, is also the most useful nose in the world. The elephant uses its nose to sniff food, roll logs, and fight foes. When it is thirsty, the elephant can drink six quarts with its nose. It also uses its nose for taking a bath too.

Which statement IS the supporting detail?

• The elephant uses its nose to fight foes.

• The elephant’s nose is called a trunk.

• The elephant can drink a lot of water.

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It is easy to make a good cup of tea. Just follow these steps. First, boil some water. Next put some hot water in the tea pot to warm it. Pour the water out of the pot and put in some tea leaves. You will need one teaspoon of tea leaves for each cup of tea you want. Then pour the boiling water into the tea pot. Cover the pot and wait for a few minutes. Now the tea is ready to drink.

What is the most suitable topic for this paragraph?

• A cup of Tea

• How to make a cup of tea

• How to drink tea

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It is easy to make a good cup of tea. Just follow these steps. First, boil some water. Next put some hot water in the tea pot to warm it. Pour the water out of the pot and put in some tea leaves. You will need one teaspoon of tea leaves for each cup of tea you want. Then pour the boiling water into the tea pot. Cover the pot and wait for a few minutes. Now the tea is ready to drink.

What is the topic sentence for this paragraph?

• The tea is ready to drink.

• You just follow the steps to make a cup of tea.

• It is easy to make a good cup of tea.

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It is easy to make a good cup of tea. Just follow these steps. First, boil some water. Next put some hot water in the tea pot to warm it. Pour the water out of the pot and put in some tea leaves. You will need one teaspoon of tea leaves for each cup of tea you want. Then pour the boiling water into the tea pot. Cover the pot and wait for a few minutes. Now the tea is ready to drink.

Which statement is NOT the supporting detail?

• Put some hot water in the tea pot to warm it.

• Cover the pot and wait for a few minutes.

• The tea is ready to drink.

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A baby koala has a pretty easy life. After it is born, the baby koala is carried in its mother’s pouch and is fed by her. When the koala is sixth months old, its eyes are widely open and it is eager to see the outside world. So its mother carries it on her back until the baby koala is almost as big as she is.

The topic of the paragraph is __________.

• A koala’s mother

• A pretty easy life

• A baby koala

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A baby koala has a pretty easy life. After it is born, the baby koala is carried in its mother’s pouch and is fed by her. When the koala is sixth months old, its eyes are widely open and it is eager to see the outside world. So its mother carries it on her back until the baby koala is almost as big as she is.

The main idea of this paragraph is __________.

• A baby koala is carried in its mother’s pouch.

• A baby koala has a pretty easy life.

• A koala’s mother carries her baby on her back.

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A baby koala has a pretty easy life. After it is born, the baby koala is carried in its mother’s pouch and is fed by her. When the koala is sixth months old, its eyes are widely open and it is eager to see the outside world. So its mother carries it on her back until the baby koala is almost as big as she is.

The supporting detail of this paragraph is __________.

• The koala carries her mother on her back when it is big.

• The baby koala is in its mother's pouch and is fed by her.

• The baby koala is eager to see the outside world.

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Birds are excellent source of food. Chickens and turkeys are examples of birds which supply man with great quantities of meat. Chickens and other birds also supply eggs. Farmers consider most birds as friends because they eat insect pests and the seeds of weeds.

Birds are useful to people.

What is the best topic of this passage?

• Chicken

• Farmers

• Birds

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