This easy-level worksheet has students sort items into categories, fill in blanks, and answer true or false questions to practice main idea & supporting details skills.
It includes 10 questions across 3 sections for focused practice.
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Main Idea & Supporting Details
Part A: Sort the Words
Sort each word or number into the correct category box.
Dolphins are very smart animals.Dolphins use clicks and whistles to talk.Baby dolphins stay close to their mothers.Dolphins are amazing ocean creatures.Dolphins can jump high out of the water.Dolphins are mammals that live in the sea.
Main Idea or General Statement
Supporting Detail
Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1. Dolphins use clicks and whistles to talk to each other.
2. The main idea tells the biggest message of a paragraph.
3. A detail about dolphins is that baby dolphins stay close to their mothers.
4. When you retell a passage, you say the main idea and the most important details.
5. The topic of a passage about dolphins is dolphins.
Part C: True or False?
Read each statement. Circle True or False.
1. A supporting detail is the same as the main idea.
True False
2. A passage about dolphins might have many details about how they live.
True False
3. Reading the first sentence of a paragraph can help you find the main idea.
True False
4. Off-topic details help the reader understand the main idea better.
True False
Main Idea & Supporting Details
★ Part A: Sort the Words
Sort each word or number into the correct category box.
Dolphins are very smart animals.Dolphins use clicks and whistles to talk.Baby dolphins stay close to their mothers.Dolphins are amazing ocean creatures.Dolphins can jump high out of the water.Dolphins are mammals that live in the sea.
Main Idea or General Statement
Supporting Detail
★ Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1) Dolphins use clicks and whistles to talk to each other.
2) The main idea tells the biggest message of a paragraph.
3) A detail about dolphins is that baby dolphins stay close to their mothers.
4) When you retell a passage, you say the main idea and the most important details.
5) The topic of a passage about dolphins is dolphins.
★ Part C: True or False?
Read each statement. Circle True or False.
1) A supporting detail is the same as the main idea.
True
False
2) A passage about dolphins might have many details about how they live.
True
False
3) Reading the first sentence of a paragraph can help you find the main idea.
True
False
4) Off-topic details help the reader understand the main idea better.
True
False
Ready to Practice?
Complete each section carefully.
10 Questions
15-20 minutes
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