G7 Q3 WK 6: Identify the Main Idea

What is the topic of the following selection:

Frogs and toads have some things in common. They are both amphibians. That means they live on land and in water at different times in their lives. Both lay their eggs in water. They also have the same eating habits and eat insects with their long sticky tongues. On the other hand, they are different in many ways. As adults, frogs spend most of the time in water, while toads prefer land. Frogs have smooth skin and slim bodies with long back legs. Toads have rough skin and plump bodies with short back legs.

• how different amphibians are

• how frogs live

• how frogs and toads are different

• similarities and differences between frogs and toads

Answer explanation

The text showed how frogs and toads have some things in common as well as the ways on how they are different.

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CCSS.RI.7.2

What is the main idea of the previous selection?

• Frogs and toads have similarities and differences.

• Frogs and toads are completely similar with each other.

• Frogs and toads are different from one another.

• Frogs and toads have neither similarities nor differences.

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CCSS.RI.7.2

What is the topic of the following selection:

Starting in the 1500s, fireworks were a popular form of entertainment at royal courts across Europe. Fireworks were used to celebrate royal weddings and births, religious festivals, and military victories. In 1613, King James I of England held a fireworks display that featured a fiery knight on horseback battling a dragon!

• King James I of England

• Fireworks

• Royal courts

• Royal weddings and births

Answer explanation

The selection explained how fireworks were used in the 1500s by royal courts.

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CCSS.RI.7.2

The main idea of the previous paragraph is:

In 1613, King James of England held a fireworks display that featured a knight on horseback and a dragon.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

The main idea is that fireworks were a popular form of entertainment at royal courts across Europe starting in the 1500s.

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CCSS.RI.7.2

What does the author want you to learn when he wrote this passage:

Do you ever wonder how you taste things? You owe your sense of taste to your taste buds. We have nine thousand taste buds just on the tongue alone. There are also taste buds on the roof of your mouth. You even have taste buds on the back of your throat.

• why we can taste only sweet things

• we taste through our nose

• where taste buds are found

• without taste buds life would be boring

Answer explanation

The selection showed the different places where our taste buds are found: on the tongue, roof of your mouth, and the back of your throat.

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CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.7.6