Information and IdeasEasyMain idea about a shared purchase
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No family on the lane could justify buying a ride-on mower for a small lawn, so eleven households bought one between them. It lives in a different shed each month and has, its owners say, cut more grass and settled more feuds than any machine in the county.
Which choice best states the main idea of the text?
- A. Neighbours who could not each afford a mower bought one jointly, and sharing it has brought them together.Correct
- B. The mower is too large for the lane's lawns.
- C. One household owns the mower and lends it.
- D. The mower is kept in a single shed.
Answer: A. Neighbours who could not each afford a mower bought one jointly, and sharing it has brought them together.
Bought together, moved monthly, feuds settled.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. The mower is too large for the lane's lawns.
- It cuts the lawns; size is not the complaint.
- C. One household owns the mower and lends it.
- Eleven households own it.
- D. The mower is kept in a single shed.
- 'A different shed each month.'
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