Name _________________________________ Date _____________

MAIN IDEA
Read each paragraph and choose the main idea.

Melinda was scared to show her mother
her grade. She knew she would be very
disappointed with her. Her teacher had even
drawn a sad face beside the grade. She really
The main idea of the paragraph is:
a. Melinda’s test was hard.
b. Melinda’s mother was mean.

wished that she had studied last night. How was c. Melinda didn’t like sad faces.
she ever going to pull up her grades now? d. Melinda had made a bad
grade.
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All Pam could think about was her family The main idea of the paragraph is:
and her cats. When she closed her eyes to go to
a. Pam is homesick.
sleep, tears rolled down her cheeks. She rolled
over so her friend wouldn’t see her crying. She b. Pam cries at night.
didn’t know it would be so hard to stay at camp c. Pam doesn’t like camp.
for two weeks. She thought camp was fun, but
d. Pam’s friends like camp.
she still wanted to go home.

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“You must stop talking and settle down,” The Main idea of the paragraph is:
said Mrs. Henry. Nobody in the class could sit
a. The pep rally is today.
still. Time was dragging this morning. Soon, we
would get on the bus and go to the pep rally. b. Mrs. Henry was strict.
“Class, you are acting like you have ants in your c. There were ants in the room.
pants,” said our teacher as she chuckled. No
d. The class was excited about
matter how many times she asked us to settle
the pep rally.
down, we just couldn’t. It was almost time to
leave.

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Name _________________________________ Date _____________

MAIN IDEA
Read each paragraph and choose the main idea.

Melinda was scared to show her mother
her grade. She knew she would be very
disappointed with her. Her teacher had even
drawn a sad face beside the grade. She really
The main idea of the paragraph is:
e. Melinda’s test was hard.
a. Melinda’s mother was mean.

wished that she had studied last night. How was b. Melinda didn’t like sad faces.
she ever going to pull up her grades now? c. Melinda had made a bad
grade.
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All Pam could think about was her family The main idea of the paragraph is:
and her cats. When she closed her eyes to go to a. Pam is homesick.
sleep, tears rolled down her cheeks. She rolled
b. Pam cries at night.
over so her friend wouldn’t see her crying. She
didn’t know it would be so hard to stay at camp c. Pam doesn’t like camp.
for two weeks. She thought camp was fun, but d. Pam’s friends like camp.
she still wanted to go home.

____________________________________

“You must stop talking and settle down,”
said Mrs. Henry. Nobody in the class could sit
still. Time was dragging this morning. Soon, we
would get on the bus and go to the pep rally.
“Class, you are acting like you have ants in your
pants,” said our teacher as she chuckled. No
matter how many times she asked us to settle
down, we just couldn’t. It was almost time to
leave.
The Main idea of the paragraph is:
a. The pep rally is today.
b. Mrs. Henry was strict.
c. There were ants in the room.
d. The class was excited about
the pep rally.

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