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The pupils at Hill Road School grow vegetables in a garden behind the playground. They plant seeds in spring, water the beds through the summer term, and in September they cook what they have grown for the whole school.

Which choice best states the main idea of the text?

  1. A. Pupils at the school grow vegetables and cook them for everyone.Correct
  2. B. The garden is behind the playground.
  3. C. Seeds should be planted in spring.
  4. D. The school has a large kitchen.

Answer: A. Pupils at the school grow vegetables and cook them for everyone.

Grow, tend, cook, share.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. The garden is behind the playground.
A detail.
C. Seeds should be planted in spring.
A detail, not advice.
D. The school has a large kitchen.
Not mentioned.

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