Information and IdeasEasy–MediumMain idea: a shop's handwritten signs
Information and Ideas practice question
The greengrocer writes every price on brown paper in thick black pen, and the signs are famous in the town for their jokes: 'Bananas: going cheap, unlike the rest of us.' People come from the next town to read them, and most leave with a bag of fruit they had not planned to buy.
Which choice best states the main idea of the text?
- A. The greengrocer's witty handwritten signs draw customers who end up buying.Correct
- B. Bananas are cheap at the shop.
- C. The signs are written in black pen.
- D. The next town has no greengrocer.
Answer: A. The greengrocer's witty handwritten signs draw customers who end up buying.
Jokes on brown paper, and sales.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. Bananas are cheap at the shop.
- One joke's subject.
- C. The signs are written in black pen.
- A detail.
- D. The next town has no greengrocer.
- Not stated.
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