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3.2.2.2Determine the main idea of a text; recount the key details and explain how they support the main

idea.

Name __________________________________________

Football is an exciting team sport. It is played mostly in the United States andCanada. It is also called American football. The term “football” is used for other teamsports around the world. For example, “football” in most countries is what the UnitedStates calls “soccer.” 

In the United States, football is played by two teams. There are 11 players on thefield for each team. Each team tries to score points by running or passing plays. Theplays move an oval-shaped ball across the other team’s goal line. This scores atouchdown. During a game, the ball goes back and forth between the teams. The teamwith the ball is called the offense. The other team is the defense. The defense tries tokeep the offense from scoring. 

1. This passage is mainly about

A. playing soccer.

B. Canadian sports.

C. American football.

D. playing offense.

2. Which would be the best title for this passage?

A. How to Play Soccer in Canada

B. Is it Soccer or is it Football?

C. The History of Canadian Football

D. How to Play American Football

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3.2.2.2Determine the main idea of a text; recount the key details and explain how they support the main

idea.

Willie Mays was one of the greatest baseball players in history. He came from a sportsbackground. Both of his parents were athletes. His mom was a fast runner in school.His dad played baseball. Willie learned how to catch a ball before he could walk. Heplayed good baseball as a teenager. Willie started playing for the Giants in 1951. Hewas only 20 years old. He played centerfield for the team. He did not get a hit his first 12

times at bat. He quickly made up for that. Willie was a terrific outfielder and hitter. Otherplayers admired him. He won the Most Valuable Player award twice. He quit playing in1973 and was welcomed into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1979. He still works for theGiants today. adapted from http://achievement.org/autodoc/page/may0bio-1 

3. What is this paragraph mainly about?

A. Willie Mays learned how to play baseball from his father.

B. Willie Mays did not start off well with the Giants baseball team.

C. Willie Mays was one of the greatest baseball players in history.

D. Willie Mays was named the Most Valuable Player twice.

4. Willie's parents are one of the reasons he is good at sports. Which sentence best supports this

idea?

A. He quickly made up for that.

B. Both of his parents were athletes.

C. He still works for the Giants today.

D. Willie started playing for the Giants in 1951.

The tea plant comes from Asia. Tea is made from the dried leaves of this plant. It hasbeen drunk in China for thousands of years. The Dutch brought tea to Europe in theearly 1600s. England became a country of tea drinkers. Other countries in Europe drankcoffee. Tea was brought to North America by early settlers. Then, it was taxed by theBritish. The tax was fought in 1773. This is when the Boston Tea Party took place.Today, tea is drunk by about half of the world's people. China, Japan, and India aresome of the main makers of tea. 

5. This passage is mainly about

A. why tea tastes good.

B. tea from China.

C. the Boston Tea Party.

D. the history of tea.