Central Idea and Supporting Evidence Practice
📝 Worksheet medium ⏱️ 18 minutes 8 problems
Central Idea and Supporting Evidence Practice
Grade 6 English Language Arts LearnCrux.com
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Directions
- Fill in each blank carefully.
- Circle or mark the best answer for each multiple-choice question.
- Match each prompt to the best option before writing your answer.
- Use the larger space to show your thinking on word problems.
1. A broad subject like recycling or weather is called a __.
2. Which response is the strongest central idea?
3. Match the reading task to its purpose: annotation
Match with:
Answer:
4. A summary should stay __ and avoid personal opinion.
5. Why is a one-word topic weaker than a central idea?
6. Which detail best supports a central idea about sleep and learning?
7. To restate information in your own words is to __.
8. Why should readers check whether a claim is supported?
📋 Teacher Answer Key
1. topic
2. Community gardens help neighborhoods by providing food and shared responsibility.
3. mark important ideas while reading
4. objective
5. A central idea explains the author’s main point instead of naming only the broad subject
6. Students who slept more remembered more from class lessons.
7. paraphrase
8. Readers need to see whether the reasons and evidence actually prove the author’s point