Directions: Read each paragraph below and answer the questions that

Berikut ini adalah pertanyaan dari malilia041 pada mata pelajaran B. inggris untuk jenjang Sekolah Menengah Atas

Directions: Read each paragraph below and answer the questions that follow. Tick the correct answer.a. Paragraph 1
Clothes can tell a lot about a person. Some people like very colorful clothes. They want everyone to look at them. They want to be the center of things. Other people like to wear nice clothes. But their clothes are not colorful or fancy. They do not like people to look at them. There are also some people who wear the same thing all the time. They do not care if anyone looks at them. They do not thing what anyone thinks about them.
(Source: Mikulecki, B.S. & Linda. J. (1986).Reading Power. US: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, p. 93)

What is the main idea of the paragraph?
A. Clothes are colorful.
B. Clothes can tell a lot about people.
C. Clothes always look nice on some people.

b. Paragraph 2
It is important to bring the right clothes when you travel. If you are going to a cold country, you should bring warm clothes. Be sure you have a hat and gloves, too. If you are going to a hot country, you need different clothes. You do not want heavy or dark clothes. In hot weather, light clothes are best. If you are going to a city, you may need some nice clothes.
(Source: Mikulecki, B.S. & Linda. J. (1986).Reading Power. US: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, p. 93)
What is the main idea of the paragraph?
A. Clothes for warm weather are light.
B. Appropriate clothes are important when you travel.
C. Clothes can be heavy.

Paragraph 3
Clothes today are very different from clothes of the 1800s. One difference is the way they look. For example, in 1800s all women wore dresses. The dresses all had long skirts. But today women do not always wear dresses with long skirts. Sometime they wear short skirts and sometime they wear pants. Another difference between 1800s and today is the cloth. They were made from cotton, wool, silk and linen. But today, there are many kind of man-made cloth. A lot of clothes are now made of nylon, rayon, or polyester.
(Source: Mikulecki, B.S. & Linda. J. (1986).Reading Power. US: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, p. 93)
What is the main idea of the paragraph?
a. Clothes of the 1800s were beautiful.
b. Clothes are made of man-made cloth.
c. Clothes today are different from the cloths of the 1800s.

Jawaban dan Penjelasan

Berikut ini adalah pilihan jawaban terbaik dari pertanyaan diatas.

Jawaban:

  1. B. Clothes can tell a lot about people. Option A and C are not suitable because it isn't the main objective of the paragraph.
  2. B. Appropriate clothes are important when you travel. Option A and B are the explanation of appropriate clothes, not the main objective.
  3. C. Clothes today are very different from the clothes of the 1800s. Option A and B are the explanations of the difference of clothes today and clothes in the 1800s.

Penjelasan:

Main idea of a paragraph is the objective or main topic discussed in a paragraph.

How to find main idea:

  • Identify the topic of paragraph
  • Summarize the paragraph
  • Read the first and last paragraph
  • Identify the repetitive sentence

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