At the hard level, first graders read a longer passage about healthy foods and use text clues to figure out the main idea on their own. They answer nine Read and Answer questions combining multiple-choice and fill-in-the-blank items. Kids choose the best main idea from answer choices, identify a supporting detail from the passage, and explain what fruits like apples and bananas give your body to help you stay strong and healthy.
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Main Idea & Supporting Details
Part A: Read and Answer
Eating healthy food helps your body grow strong. Fruits like apples and bananas give you energy. Vegetables like carrots help your eyes. Milk makes your bones strong. Drinking water keeps you from getting sick. It is important to eat healthy foods every day. Read the passage. Then answer the questions.
1. What is the main idea of the passage?
A) Apples taste good.
B) Healthy food helps your body.
C) Carrots are orange.
D) Water is cold.
2. Which is a supporting detail from the passage?
A) Pizza is yummy.
B) Milk makes your bones strong.
C) Dogs eat bones.
D) The sky is blue.
3. What do fruits like apples and bananas give you?
A) Sleep
B) Energy
C) Homework
D) Toys
4. Which sentence is NOT a supporting detail in the passage?
A) Carrots help your eyes.
B) Milk makes bones strong.
C) Ice cream is sweet.
D) Water keeps you well.
5. The main idea tells what the whole passage is about.
6. Vegetables like carrots help your eyes.
7. Drinking water keeps you from getting sick.
8. It is important to eat healthy foods every day.
9. Supporting details give more information about the main idea.
Main Idea & Supporting Details
★ Part A: Read and Answer
Eating healthy food helps your body grow strong. Fruits like apples and bananas give you energy. Vegetables like carrots help your eyes. Milk makes your bones strong. Drinking water keeps you from getting sick. It is important to eat healthy foods every day. Read the passage. Then answer the questions.
1) What is the main idea of the passage?
A) Apples taste good.
B) Healthy food helps your body.
C) Carrots are orange.
D) Water is cold.
2) Which is a supporting detail from the passage?
A) Pizza is yummy.
B) Milk makes your bones strong.
C) Dogs eat bones.
D) The sky is blue.
3) What do fruits like apples and bananas give you?
A) Sleep
B) Energy
C) Homework
D) Toys
4) Which sentence is NOT a supporting detail in the passage?
A) Carrots help your eyes.
B) Milk makes bones strong.
C) Ice cream is sweet.
D) Water keeps you well.
5) The main idea tells what the whole passage is about.
6) Vegetables like carrots help your eyes.
7) Drinking water keeps you from getting sick.
8) It is important to eat healthy foods every day.
9) Supporting details give more information about the main idea.
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