Main Idea & Supporting Details — Answer Key
Part A: Read and Answer
School is a fun place to learn new things. In reading class, kids learn new words and stories. In math class, they add and subtract numbers. At recess, kids play games with their friends. The teacher helps everyone learn something new each day. Read the passage. Then answer the questions.
1. What is the main idea of the passage?
A) Recess is the best.
B) School is a fun place to learn.
C) Math is hard.
D) Teachers are tall.
The passage is mostly about how school is a fun place where kids learn many things.
2. Which is a supporting detail from the passage?
A) School has a parking lot.
B) Kids learn words in reading class.
C) Lunch is at noon.
D) The bus is yellow.
Kids learning words in reading is a detail that supports the main idea about school being fun.
3. What do kids do at recess?
A) Take a test
B) Play games with friends
C) Eat lunch
D) Read books
The passage says kids play games with friends at recess, which is a supporting detail.
4. Which sentence is NOT a detail from the passage?
A) Kids add numbers in math.
B) The teacher helps everyone.
C) Art class has paints.
D) Kids learn new words.
Art class having paints is not mentioned in the passage about school.
5. School is a fun place to learn new things.
Learning new things is the main idea of the passage about school.
6. In math class, kids add and subtract numbers.
Adding and subtracting numbers is a supporting detail about what kids learn in math.
7. The teacher helps everyone learn something new each day.
The teacher helping everyone is a supporting detail about why school is a good place.
8. A supporting detail gives more information about the main idea.
Supporting details are facts that give more information about the main idea.
9. In reading class, kids learn new words and stories.
Learning words and stories is a supporting detail about reading class at school.