SHES-Main Idea CFA#2

Which is a key detail from the selection?

• The human body uses oxygen for energy.

• The human body can eat, breathe, move, and sleep.

• The human body uses sugar to help move blood around the body.

• The human body uses energy very quickly, so it is important to eat often.

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CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RL.2.1

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CCSS.RL.4.1

What is the main idea of paragraph 4?

• Moving furniture is a way to exercise.

• Running in place is not a useful exercise.

• Exercising is important for the human body.

• Exercising is not a good way to move the human body.

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CCSS.RI.2.2

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

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What is the main idea of paragraph 2?

• A. Energy is needed for the body to process sugar.

• B. Sugar creates long-term periods of energy.

• C. Food provides energy for the body.

• D. Good food always has sugar in it.

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CCSS.RI.2.2

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RL.2.2

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Read the passage - 'The Human Body' - and answer the question below: What is the main idea of the selection?

• People should go to bed early.

• Sugary foods give people energy.

• The different parts of the body allow people to breathe oxygen.

• The different parts of the human body work to keep people alive.

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CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.2.2

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Which sentence from the selection tells the main idea?

• A. "Different parts of the body do different things, and each part helps to keep people alive."

• B. "Oxygen helps the cells in the human body stay alive, and it is carried in people's blood."

• C. "People can exercise while sitting in a chair, standing in place, or by running around."

• D. "Sometimes people do not get enough sleep."

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CCSS.RI.3.2

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Which sentence from the selection supports the main idea?

• When he wanted to know something else, he asked the sunshine about it.

• People knew very little about this strange thing with a big name.

• But Franklin found out many things about it that nobody had ever known before.

• So Franklin used a silk handkerchief to cover his kite, instead of paper.

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CCSS.RI.2.2

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

Read the passage - 'Franklin and the Kite' - and answer the question below: What is the main idea of the selection?

• Lightning follows metal.

• It is not dangerous to fly a kite in a storm.

• A long time ago people did not have electricity.

• Benjamin Franklin discovered how electricity works.

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CCSS.RI.2.2

CCSS.RI.3.2

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What is the main idea of the first paragraph?

• A. Benjamin Franklin was a curious man.

• B. Benjamin Franklin could speak to animals.

• C. Benjamin Franklin asked the sunshine a question.

• D. Benjamin Franklin knew the answer to every question.

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CCSS.RI.2.2

CCSS.RI.3.2

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CCSS.RL.4.2

What is the main idea of the last paragraph?

• Thomas Edison created power plants.

• Thomas Edison made the first light bulb.

• Thomas Edison preferred to learn from home.

• Thomas Edison worked hard on his inventions.

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CCSS.RI.2.2

CCSS.RI.3.2

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Why was Thomas Edison an important man?

• He created many inventions we still use today.

• He created the light bulb in his lab at home.

• He created the first power plant.

• He created the movie camera.

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CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

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CCSS.RL.5.2