Main idea and supporting details
Lesson 17 of 20 in Union Aptitude Prep. The start plays free here.
- Get information from the passage
- Find the key concept
- Find details that support it
- Match your answer to the text
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How the lesson starts
You read a passage. Your task is to get information from that writing. Keep your attention on what the passage says.
Then, in the full lesson
- Main idea
- Look throughout
- Supporting details
- According to
- 2 questions along the way
A question from this lesson
Practice passage: “The crew sorted the tools. They labeled each drawer. These steps made the tools easier to find.” What is the main idea?
- The crew sorted the tools.
- The crew labeled each drawer.
- The crew made tools easier to find.
Show the answer
C. The crew made tools easier to find. The crew made tools easier to find expresses the key concept. Sorting tools and labeling drawers are supporting details. Here, the main idea comes at the end.
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