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Understanding Main Idea and Supporting Details - Starter Quiz

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  • Q1
    Which skill is important to understand before identifying the main idea of a paragraph?
    Ignoring details that seem unimportant
    Recognising the meaning of individual sentences
    Guessing the topic without reading
    Focusing only on the first sentence
    30s
  • Q2
    A sentence that tells what a paragraph is mostly about is called the topic sentence.
    true
    false
    True or False
    30s
  • Q3
    What is the purpose of a topic sentence in a paragraph?
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    Type an Answer
    30s
  • Q4
    Match each comprehension skill on the left with its correct description on the right. These skills are important foundations for understanding texts before learning about main ideas and supporting details.
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    Linking
    30s
  • Q5
    Put the following steps in the correct order to show how you understand a paragraph before identifying its main idea and supporting details.
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    Linking
    30s
  • Q6
    Sort each item into the correct category.
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    Sorting
    30s
  • Q7
    Arrange the steps of effective reading comprehension in the correct order.
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    Jumble
    30s
  • Q8
    Unscramble the letters to find a word that means the main point or the central thought of a paragraph or story.
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    Jumble
    30s
  • Q9
    Which of the following skills should you already know before learning about main idea and supporting details? (Select all that apply)
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    Sorting
    30s
  • Q10
    Before learning about main ideas and supporting details, which skills should you already have to understand a text well?
    Knowing how to find the meaning of unfamiliar words using context clues
    Being able to identify the order of events in a story
    Understanding how to write a summary with main points and details
    Recognising the difference between fact and opinion in a text
    Knowing how to use a dictionary to find word definitions
    Being able to explain why an author wrote a text
    30s

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