This easy-level worksheet introduces first graders to main idea and supporting details using a short, friendly passage all about dogs as pets. Kids read the passage and complete a Read and Answer section with eleven questions that mix fill-in-the-blank, true-or-false, and ordering activities. They identify what the passage is mostly about, then pick out details like why dogs wag their tails and what dogs love to play with using balls.
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Main Idea & Supporting Details
Part A: Read and Answer
Dogs make great pets. They wag their tails when they are happy. Dogs like to play fetch with balls. They can learn tricks like sit and stay. Dogs love to be with their families. Read the passage above. Then answer the questions below.
1. The passage is mostly about dogs.
2. Dogs wag their tails when they are happy.
3. Dogs like to play fetch with balls.
4. Dogs can learn tricks like sit and stay.
5. The main idea is that dogs make great pets.
6. The main idea of the passage is that dogs make great pets.
True False
7. The passage says dogs like to swim in pools.
True False
8. Wagging their tails is a supporting detail in the passage.
True False
9. The passage says dogs do not like to be with families.
True False
10. Put these details in the order they appear in the passage.
Dogs can learn tricks.Dogs wag their tails.Dogs love their families.Dogs play fetch.
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11. Order these from the main idea to the last detail.
Dogs love families.Dogs make great pets.Dogs play fetch.Dogs wag tails.
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Main Idea & Supporting Details
★ Part A: Read and Answer
Dogs make great pets. They wag their tails when they are happy. Dogs like to play fetch with balls. They can learn tricks like sit and stay. Dogs love to be with their families. Read the passage above. Then answer the questions below.
1) The passage is mostly about dogs.
2) Dogs wag their tails when they are happy.
3) Dogs like to play fetch with balls.
4) Dogs can learn tricks like sit and stay.
5) The main idea is that dogs make great pets.
6) The main idea of the passage is that dogs make great pets.
True
False
7) The passage says dogs like to swim in pools.
True
False
8) Wagging their tails is a supporting detail in the passage.
True
False
9) The passage says dogs do not like to be with families.
True
False
10) Put these details in the order they appear in the passage.
Dogs can learn tricks.Dogs wag their tails.Dogs love their families.Dogs play fetch.
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11) Order these from the main idea to the last detail.
Dogs love families.Dogs make great pets.Dogs play fetch.Dogs wag tails.
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