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ELA Drills, Beginner: Main Idea 1. What word from the following sentence makes it clear that the koala was scared by the noisy celebration?
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- 00:04
And here's your shmoop du jour brought to you by hidden
- 00:06
koalas and you thought finding waldo was tough which word from the following [Koala hiding at a fair]
- 00:11
sentence makes it clear that the koala was scared by the noisy celebration
- 00:14
after the fireworks celebrating New Year's Day I found my pet koala hiding
- 00:19
under a blanket in the corner of the bedroom and here the potential answers
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- 00:23
all right silly koala scared by an innocent fireworks display he should be [Koala hiding under a desk]
- 00:29
scared by whatever that is that's creeping up behind him right now alright
- 00:32
onto our sentence. Which word here tips us off that our pet koala is scared half to
- 00:36
death is it B fireworks well he's scared of the fireworks but the word
- 00:41
itself doesn't indicate anything about our furry friends reaction to them just [Koala stood beside a bunch of fireworks]
- 00:45
tells us that there were fireworks plain and simple, so it's not B. All right next up
- 00:48
C; found then this doesn't tell us enough either you know the koala is [person using magnifying glass to study picture of a fair]
- 00:53
discovered but we don't know what happened leading up to that maybe he was
- 00:56
just lost because he had wandered off wanted to get closer to those pretty [Koala attempting to look out the bedroom window at fireworks]
- 01:00
sparkling lights, which would mean he wasn't scared at all so no to option C
- 01:04
D; under, well let's see you only get under a blanket when you're scared well
- 01:10
so it seems you're probably frightened every single night at bedtime yeah Mr. [Boy sleeping and Father walks in]
- 01:13
koala could just be tired or cold or building a fort there has to be a better
- 01:17
answer so let's try A hiding since were pretty sure of the pet koala isn't lying [Koala hiding from boy under a desk]
- 01:21
in wait to jump out and scare anyone we can safely assume he's hiding because
- 01:25
he's scared so this one is our best answer and let's just hope the koalas
- 01:29
never get their hands on any camouflage you'll never be able to find them then [Koala in camouflage hiding in a bush]
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