Main Idea
Mystery
Analogies
Context Clues
100

What is the main idea about this passage?

What is pen pals make each other's worlds a little bigger?

100

What is one thing you could do this weekend that would make it a great weekend?

varies

100

March is to Spring as December is to

Winter

100

My sister always sleeps with the door closed, but I prefer to sleep with it slightly ajar (adj).  Using context clues, what does ajar mean?

slightly open

200


What is the main idea of this passage?

A baby kangaroo stays in its mother's pouch until it's strong enough to live on its own.

200

Spider-Man bonded with what character to make his black suit?

Venom

200

Leaf is to tree as petal is to...

flower

200

He knew his future was precarious (adj). It would take only one mistake for it to fall apart.  Using context clues, what does precarious mean?

Likely to fall apart, uncertain

300


What is the main idea of this passage?

What is exercise helps people feel better in many ways? 



300

Describe the weather today with 3 adjectives.  Use a complete sentence.

Varied

300

A waitress is to a restaurant as a judge is to a

Courtroom

300

We do not like how the animals in the circus are treated, so our plan is to boycott the circus.  We aren't going to support it.  Using context clues, what does boycott mean?

refuse to support

400


What is the main idea of this paragraph?

Bats sleep in many different kinds of places during the day.

400

Who is Iron Man?

Tony Stark

400

Double is to two as triple is to..

three

400

Last night I had copious amounts of homework, but tonight I don’t have any!  Using context clues, what does copious mean?

A lot

500


What is the main idea of this paragraph?

Life would be different without gravity.

500

Peter Parker is a teenager. If you subtracted the youngest possible age of a teenager from the highest possible age, you would have this number.

Six

500

A table cloth is to a table as carpet is to the

Floor

500

Our last principal was very lax with the rules, unlike our strict new principal who enforces them all.  Using context clues, what does lax mean?

not strict, lenient