Main Idea Topic Sentence and Supporting Details

First, I made flyers describing my service and prices. Mom and I delivered them to all the houses in our neighborhood. A few days later my neighbors dog was my first customer. The owner thought I did such a nice job that he told all his friends. I've been in business almost a year and I'm so busy. Every Saturday I have about seven dog washing appointments. I hope to save enough money to buy a pet store some day. What would be a good topic sentence for this paragraph?

• My Own business

• Last summer I started my dog washing business.

• Mom helped me with my business.

• I have lots of dogs to wash on Saturday.

Which supporting detail best supports this topic sentence?

• The pros live the good life.

• People like professional football players make a lot of money.

• Professional athletes spend countless hours practicing their sports.

• All of us can be professional athletes.

Danger often appears in the most unexpected places. People usually think of the bathtub as a safe, quiet place. But more accidents occur there than anywhere else in the home. Slips or falls that occur while entering and leaving the tub injure thousands of people every year. Most people think of a baker as having a safe and pleasant job; however, rolling, kneading, and pounding dough causes clouds of flour dust, which can enter the lungs and disable the baker. Which of the following is NOT a supporting detail?

• Some activities are more dangerous than they look

• Thousands of people are hurt in tub accidents every year

• People think bakers have a safe job

• Bakers can be disable by flour in their lungs

Identify the supporting detail which is irrelevant to the topic sentence. 
Topic Sentence: One benefit of internet for learning is its easy access of information.

• It can help students to save time to search for certain information related to their studies using the internet  compared to searching it in books in the library.

• Internet brings a lot of benefits not only to the students but also the teachers in the teaching and learning process.

• Apart from searching for specific information about their studies from either yahoo or google, students can also watch a video presentation on the topic from Youtube.

• The specific information that students wish to find could be obtained in a mere seconds compared to long minutes of browsing through book shelves then going into the pages after pages of the books.

Identify the supporting detail which is irrelevant to the topic sentence. 
Topic Sentence: One challenge of studying overseas is to adapt to the food eaten in  the foreign land.

• The students could face difficulties in getting used to the type of food  eaten by the locals and also the food sold there.

• If the students are not used to eating hot and spicy food, studying in Asian countries could pose a challenge to their digestive system.

• On the other hand, Asian students who study in western countries could face difficulty in adapting to the local menus which to their palate the food is bland.

• Different people from different parts of the world prepare or cook their foods differently and according to their preferences.

Identify the supporting detail which is irrelevant to the topic sentence. 
Topic Sentence: The importance of English for my future career is to secure my dream job which is a neurosurgeon 

• I need to be able to speak English fluently so that i could pass the job interview excellently.

• Being a neurosurgeon I need a strong command of the English language in order to hold a successful professional discussions with other fellow surgeons both locally or abroad.

• English is an important international language whereby, it is spoken by millions of people in the world.

• Besides, having a strong command of the English language would make people have more confidence in my ability as a neurosurgeon because that would eliminate misinterpretation of medical information I read in medical journals written in English.

NEOM is a big new project in Saudi Arabia. This is an example of:

• topic

• main idea

• theme

What is an example of a main idea?

• Renewable energy is helping many people get access to electricity.

• Electricity

• Solar power

• Power for all

How should a main idea be written?

• As a phrase

• As a complete sentence

• As a title

• _{As a picture}

What could be a good supporting detail for the following main idea: "Renewable energy is providing electricity to many people around the world who didn't have it before."

• A village in Africa got a solar panel from a German company, and now they have electricity 24 hours a day.

• Electric cars are good for the environment.

• Saudi Arabia has a lot of oil.

• Many people around the world like big cars.