Matching Pairs Reading 1: Read and MatchOnline version Match terms with their meanings. by Asmahan AlAbri 1 Ahmed was at the beach with his friends on Friday. He wore gloves and held a big trash bag. 2 The neighbours met in the cx)rnmunity hall. They learned that many trees are cut for farms and roads. 3 Salwa was in the park near her house. She brought a smalt shovel and a bottle of waterfor a tree. 4 Salma was reading a science poster about hotter weather. She felt worried about the future of our planet. 5 Rashid stayed afier school with the science club. He built a small windmill and liked the solar model. She decided to talk to her teacher about ways to save energy and protect the environment. He showed the model to his friends and told them about renewable energy. He and his friends picked up plastic bottles and cans to keep the beach clean. They agreed to plant more trees around their area to make it greener and healthier. Her friends saw her and came to help with more water and soiL 1 Context clues 2 Main idea 3 Inference 4 Supporting details 5 Theme 6 Text structure 7 Summarize 8 Author's purpose Central point of the text. Evidence that explains main idea. Hints nearby to guess meaning. Reason for writing the text. Brief retelling of the text. Conclusion from clues in text. How the text is organized. Overall message or lesson.