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Listening for the main idea and details

English · Grade 9 · about 40 minutes

Listen to a passage about a turtle patrol, select the main idea and pick out the details that support it.

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Other lessons in this sub-strand

  1. Listening for the main idea and details
  2. Relevant and irrelevant details