Information and IdeasEasy–MediumMain idea of an informational text
Information and Ideas practice question
The canal's lock-keepers' cottages were built with their doors facing the water, not the road, because the keeper's job was to watch for boats. Most have since been turned round: the doors now face the road, and the water side has become the garden.
Which choice best states the main idea of the text?
- A. The cottages were designed for watching the canal, and their orientation has been reversed now that this is no longer their purpose.Correct
- B. Lock-keepers still live in the cottages.
- C. The cottages have no gardens.
- D. The road was built after the cottages.
Answer: A. The cottages were designed for watching the canal, and their orientation has been reversed now that this is no longer their purpose.
Doors to the water for the job; turned round since.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. Lock-keepers still live in the cottages.
- Not stated.
- C. The cottages have no gardens.
- The water side is the garden.
- D. The road was built after the cottages.
- Not stated.
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