Main Ideas

Question 2



The following paragraph has a main idea that may appear at various places within the

paragraph. Identify the topic sentence (main idea)

of each paragraph by filling in the

correct sentence number in the space provided.

1. When Chevrolet began to sell its Nova cars in Latin America, hardly anyone would buy them.
   

1. The company finally learned that Spanish speakers read the car's name as the Spanish phrase no va meaning "doesn't go"!
   

3.Like Chevrolet, many American companies have learned the hard way that they need to know their customers' language.



4.When Pepsi-Cola ran its "Come Alive withPepsi" ads in China, the consumers laughed.



5.The company had not translated its slogan accurately.



6.In Chinese, it came out as "Pepsi brings your ancestors back from the dead."