Main Idea & Supporting Details

Grade 5 English — Main Idea & Supporting Details: 25 practice questions with instant scoring and explanations.

1. Supporting details:
2. The main idea tells:
3. Details in a paragraph should:
4. Which sentence is an example of a detail?
5. The main idea can be stated in the:
6. Good supporting details:
7. If you remove supporting details, the paragraph:
8. In a story, the main idea is:
9. Which is NOT a supporting detail?
10. Details help the reader:
11. Where might the main idea be found?
12. Supporting details can be:
13. A paragraph with only details and no main idea is:
14. Why are details important?
15. The topic sentence is usually:
16. Which is a main idea?
17. Which would be a supporting detail about cats?
18. What should all supporting details do?
19. Why might the last sentence not be the main idea?
20. The main idea tells you:
21. Which of these is most likely to be a supporting detail?
22. When should you read the instructions?
23. When should you check your answers?
24. If you don’t know an answer, you should:
25. How should you manage your test time?