Main Idea of One Paragraph

Find the main idea of a single paragraph in a longer text.

A long article has many paragraphs, and each paragraph has its own main idea. A paragraph is a group of sentences about one idea, and it usually starts on a new line, often pushed in a little. Suppose an article about the moon has two paragraphs.

Paragraph one: 'The moon has no air. Nothing can breathe there. Astronauts wear space suits. ' Its main idea: there is no air on the moon. Paragraph two tells how the moon seems to change shape. Find the main idea of each paragraph, one at a time.

• 1Each paragraph has its own main idea.
• 2A paragraph is a group of sentences about one idea.
• 3Work one paragraph at a time.