Supporting Ideas  

  Comp 31B  

Supporting Ideas
Paragraphs have many
smaller ideas that
support the main idea.

TAKE BATH =
water, soap, wash

Tom and Judy like to visit the zoo. They love to watch the
animals. But they also enjoy buying balloons in many colors
and eating hot dogs covered with mustard and pickles.

1.  tease  watch
Tom and Judy love
to  watch  animals.

2.  shapes  colors
They buy balloons
in many______.


3.  mustard  salt
Their hot dogs are
covered with ______.

Tom likes to spend time with the monkeys. For a few peanuts,
they really put on a show. The spider monkeys can swing using
their arms, legs and tails. Tom wishes he could swing that well.

4.  lions  monkeys
Tom likes to watch
the _______.

5.  cookies  peanuts
The zoo allows Tom
to feed them _______.

6.  hat  show
For nuts, the monkeys
put on a _______.

7.  tails  backs
Spider monkeys
use their _______.

8.  bird  monkey
Tom wishes he could
swing like a _______.

9.  does  doesn't
The story _______ tell
Judy's favorite animal.