Read the paragraph below and choose the best answer to the question.
Your Body Burns Calories
A calorie is a unit of energy. Your digestive system works to break down food, and your body burns the
calories from food. Eating too much sugar can make you sick. Look at how many calories you can burn
doing some everyday activities.
1. Which sentence does not make sense in this passage?
A. Look at how many calories you can burn doing some everyday activities.
B. Your digestive system works to break down food, and your body burns the calories from food.
C. Eating too much sugar can make you sick.
D. A calorie is a unit of energy.
2. The article is mostly about:
A. how much you should eat a day.
B. chewing food.
C. how fast you can eat an apple.
D. how your body digests food and turns it into energy.
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Date:_______________________________
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Main Idea Assessment
Answer the questions using what you’ve learned about main idea.
1. What is the main idea of a text?
A main idea is____________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________.
1. What is a detail?
A detail is ____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.