SKILL 1: ANSWER MAIN IDEA QUESTIONS CORRECTLY

In that skill, we will endeavor to recognize the principal theme or the primary thoughts from the passage, so first, we need to comprehend what is the point sentence since base on that the inquiry we will answer would be less demanding.

MAIN IDEA QUESTIONS
HOW TO IDENTIFY THE QUESTION	What is the topic of the passage? What is the subject of the passage? What is the main idea of the passage? What is the author’s main point in the passage? With what is the author primarily concerned? Which of the following would be the best title?
WHERE TO FIND THE ANSWER	The answers to this type of question can generally be determined by looking at the first sentence of each paragraph.
HOW TO ANSWER THE QUESTION	1.       Read the first line of each paragraph. 2.       Look for a common theme or idea in the first lines. 3.       Pass your eyes quickly over the rest of the passage to check that you have really found the topic sentence(s). 4.       Eliminate any definitely wrong answers and choose the best answer from the remaining choices.

Example :

	The passage :
Line (5) (10)	In the philosophy of John Dewey, a sharp distinction is made between intelligence and reasoning. According to Dewey, intelligence is the only absolute way to achieve a balance between realism and idealism, between practicality and wisdom of life. Intelligence involves “interacting with other things and knowing them, “while reasoning is merely the act of an observer,”…a mind that beholds or grasps objects outside the world of things….” With reasoning, a level of mental certainty can be achieved, but it is through intelligence that control is taken of events that shape one’s life.
	The question:
(A) (B) (C) (D)	What is the topic of this passage? The intelligence of John Dewey Distinctions made by John Dewey Dewey’s ideas on the ability to reason How intelligence differs from reasoning in Dewey’s works The answer : D, the idea of how intelligence differs from reasoning comes from the first sentence of the passage, which mentions a sharp distinction…between intelligence and reasoning.

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