Notes

B. Identify the key sentence in the paragraph. Write your answer on a separate sheet of paper.

1. Basketball teams can be good for kids. They make friends. The kids get sweat and enjoy playing basketball. They exercise their bodies. They learn how to dribble faster. The teams go to basketball court for their rehearsals.

Key Sentence: Basketball teams can be good for kids

2. My hamburger looked delicious! It had juicy pickles with freshly sliced cheese and green lettuce. The bun has baked garlic and sesame seeds and looked tasty. I couldn’t wait to bite into it.

Key Sentence: My hamburger looked delicious!

3. A regular brisk walking makes my body healthy. It makes me feel more energetic. It maintains a healthy weight, manage various conditions, strengthen your bones and muscles, improve your mood and improve your balance coordination.
Key Sentence: A regular brisk walking makes my body healthy

C. Read the story/paragraph. Identify the main idea, key sentence and the supporting details.

4. Water carries nutrient to all cells in our body and oxygen to our brain. It allows the body to absorb and assimilate minerals, vitamins, amino acids, glucose and other substances. It lushes out toxin and waste. It helps to regulate body temperature.

Main Idea:_ Water carries nutrient to all cells in our body and oxygen to our brain
Key Sentence: It lushes out toxin and waste. It helps to regulate body temperature.
Supporting Details: It allows the body to absorb and assimilate minerals, vitamins, amino acids, glucose and other substances. It lushes out toxin and waste. It helps to regulate body temperature.

5. Tarsiers have many characteristics in common. They are furry with long tails. Its hind legs and feet were elongated. Their large eyes help them see at night. Their long sticky fingers help them grip trees. Their ankle bones are useful for leaping between trees.

Main Idea: Tarsiers have many characteristics in common
Key Sentence: They are furry with long tails. Its hind legs and feet were elongated.
Supporting Details: Their large eyes help them see at night. Their long sticky fingers help them grip trees. Their ankle bones are useful for leaping between trees.

Let Us Practice More
Read the paragraph below. Identify the key sentence, the main idea and the supporting details

1.Vitamin D helps regulate the amount of calcium and phosphate in the body. These nutrients are needed to keep bones, teeth and muscles healthy. A lack of vitamin D can
lead to bone deformities.

Main Idea: Vitamin D helps regulate the amount of calcium and phosphate in the body
Key Sentence: These nutrients are needed to keep bones, teeth and muscles healthy
Supporting Details: A lack of vitamin D can lead to bone deformities.

2. Coconut has many uses. Dried coconut flesh is called copra, and the oil and milk derived from it are commonly used in cooking – frying in particular – as well as in soaps and cosmetics. The hard shells, fibrous husks and long pinnate leaves can be used as material to make a variety of products for furnishing and decoration.

Main Idea: Coconut.
Key Sentence: Coconut has many uses
Supporting Details: Dried coconut flesh is called copra, and the oil and milk derived from it are commonly used in cooking – frying in particular – as well as in soaps and cosmetics. The hard shells, fibrous husks and long pinnate leaves can be used as material to make a variety of products for furnishing and decoration.

3. Basketball teams can be good for kids. They make friends. The kids get sweat and enjoy playing basketball. They exercise their bodies. They learn how to dribble faster. The teams go to basketball court on their rehearsal.

Main Idea: basketball
Key Sentence: Basketball teams can be good for kids.
Supporting Details: They make friends. The kids get sweat and enjoy playing basketball. They exercise their bodies. They learn how to dribble faster. The teams go to basketball court on their rehearsal.

4. Oyster mushroom is the rich source of protein, vitamins and minerals, fiber and other antioxidants. It has selenium which protects the body cells from damage that might lead to chronic diseases and help to strengthen the immune system. It is low in calories, fat free, cholesterol free, gluten free and very low in sodium. (www.researchgate.net)

Main Idea: Oyster
Key Sentence: Oyster mushroom is the rich source of protein, vitamins and minerals, fiber and other antioxidant.
Supporting Details: It has selenium which protects the body cells from damage that might lead to chronic diseases and help to strengthen the immune system. It is low in calories, fat free, cholesterol free, gluten free and very low in sodium. (www.researchgate.net)

5. Tomatoes are the major dietary source of the antioxidant lycopene, which has been linked to many health benefits, including reduced risk of heart disease and cancer. They are also a great source of vitamin C, potassium, folate, and vitamin K.

Main Idea: Tomatoes
Key Sentence: They are also a great source of vitamin C, potassium, folate, and vitamin K.
Supporting Details: Tomatoes are the major dietary source of the antioxidant lycopene, which has been linked to many health benefits, including reduced risk of heart disease and cancer.