• Yoga stretches out muscles that have been shortened through weight training.
• Yoga helps stretch, soften, and dissolve hard scar tissue that sometimes forms after injury or surgery.
• Yoga develops strength, flexibility, and balance.
• Yoga also helps relieve stress.
• Yoga challenges a person to push beyond physical limits.

Implied main idea: __________  

	a. Yoga is a physically demanding exercise.
	b. Yoga has several benefits.
	c. Yoga is an excellent method of stress control.
	d. Yoga is a stretching exercise.

• The classified advertisements in a newspaper are the lists of ads set in small type that advertise jobs, items for sale, and garage sales.
• Display advertisements located throughout the newspaper use photographs, drawings, and larger type.
• For example, when the movie Star Wars: Episode I—The Phantom Menace opened in theaters in 1999, many newspapers carried large display ads for the film.
• The third type of advertisement found in newspapers is the insert, which is similar to a small catalog and most often advertises merchandise for sale at department stores and supermarkets.

Implied main idea: __________  

	a. Newspapers include more information than just news.
	b. Newspapers often advertise the release of new movies.
	c. Newspapers offer three types of advertisements.
	d. Newspapers advertise for individuals and business needs.

• In 2000, the average American woman having her first baby was almost 25 years old.
• In 1970, the average age was 21.4 years for a first birth, according to a 2002 report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
• The report also showed that the average (or mean) age of mothers for all births rose from 24.6 years to 27.2 over the past three decades.
• From 1970 to 2000, the number of women completing college has nearly doubled.
• In addition, the number of women in the labor force has gone up by almost 40 percent.
• Women may also delay having children due to changes in birth control, social support, and marriage patterns.

Implied main idea: __________  

	a. Most American women are 25 years old when they have their first baby.
	b. Women are delaying having children for several reasons.
	c. By the year 2000, fewer American women were having children.
	d. More women are entering the workforce than at any previous time in American history.

      ¹When George Washington left Mount Vernon for the eight-day trip to New York for his inauguration, his progress was a series of celebrations. ²In every town he was met by bands, honor guards, local dignitaries, and crowds of cheering citizens. 3The people were informally ratifying the decision to create a new, more powerful United States. ⁴On April 30, 1789, Washington took the oath of office at New York's Federal Hall.

4. Which is the best statement of the implied main idea?  

	a. George Washington was elected by the popular majority.
	b. George Washington was well loved by the people.
	c. People treated George Washington's inauguration as a celebration.
	d. George Washington traveled on a victory tour of the country before his inauguration as the first president of the United States on April 30, 1789.