Find the main ideaOnline version Put into practice the tips on this page to solve the following activity. by Natalia Díaz 1 Congratulations! You have been offered a job. The time has come to negotiate your salary. The question to ask yourself is: "How much am I worth?" Your answer will likely affect the outcome of your salary negotiation. The point is, in order to negotiate the best possible salary, you must convince both yourself and the employer of the value that you will bring to the job. What is the main idea of this text? a Congratulations. b Being offered a job. c Asking yourself how much you are worth. d Negotiating the best possible salary. 2 Kittens need special care. You have to feed kittens twice a day. They have a lot of energy and you have to play with them often. Kittens will chew on almost anything they find, that's why you have to watch them closely. What is the main idea of this text? a Kittens like to play. b Kittens need special care. c It is likely a kitten wil bite you. d You need a lot of energy to play with a kitten. 3 Passing fears are common in early childhood. Many 2- to 4-year-olds are afraid of animals, especially dogs. By 6 years, children are more likely to be afraid of the dark. Other common fears are of thunderstorms, doctors, and imaginary creatures. What is the main idea of this text? a Fear. b Passing fears. c Two-to-four year olds' fear of animals. d Common fears. 4 Ages ago living things like bugs and leaves got trapped in soft tree resin. The resin hardened into what we know as amber. It kept the trapped bugs and leaves in perfect shape. Now scientists are learning much about the distant past from amber samples. Some scientists say they are more useful than fossils. What is the main idea of this text? a Where bugs and leaves got trapped. b What hard resin is called. c Why amber samples are important to scientists. d What scientists think of fossils. 5 The rare Chinese panda lives on tender, young bamboo shoots. Most bamboo plants die right after flowering. Without the bamboo the pandas starve. Because some people fear that the rare pandas may die out, in some places food is given to the hungry animals. Some pandas are airlifted to places where bamboo is still plentiful. What is the main idea of this text? a How the bamboo plants flower. b A panda's diet. c Bamboo and other Chinese plants. d How people are keeping pandas alive. 6 Dogs have been called our best friends, but they are also good helpers. They can be used in many ways. Some dogs hunt while others guard animals and property. Boxers and German sheperds are trained to lead people who are blind. A dog named Laika was the first animal in space. What is the main idea of the text? a How many types of dogs there are. b What the name of the space dog was. c What kind of dogs can lead blind people. d How dogs are useful.
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