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Main Idea: Introduction to Exercise 3 - Determining the main idea of a passage
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What You Will Do

Read each passage and type its main idea in the box provided. If you want to see the sentences or phrases that can help you determine the main idea of each passage, click on the KEY PHRASES button. When you have finished, click on the DONE button to compare WHAT YOU WROTE with WHAT WE WROTE.
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