Pest Fish

This task is about looking for important information that will help you find the main idea of the text.
Read "Pest Fish", pages 7 to 10 in School Journal Part 2, Number 4, 2005.

Question

a)  Select six of the statements below to show which information is most important to this text.

    • Rescuing the rudd

    • Emptying the pond

    • The future

    • Killing the rest of the rudd

    • Expert help

    • Massey University

    • Mud

    • Filling up the pond

    • The net

    • Background information

Question

b)  Select the statement that is the main idea.  (Select one)

    • Experts use fire pumps to drain the pond so they can catch the rudd.

    • Massey University scientists have the knowledge and skills needed to get rid of the rudd.

    • Rudd are hard to get rid of - it takes experts who know how to drain the water and kill them.

    • Draining the pond is messy and muddy.  Dry ice is used to kill the rudd and their eggs.