Barangay Malaya opened a free reading clinic in June. Twelve volunteers tutor there each Saturday. The clinic room has blue tiles. Afternoon rain is common there. Which sentence carries the central information?

Rain fell on the town for three days without stopping. Classes were suspended on Monday morning. Delivery trucks could not reach the market. The flood cut the town off from its food supply. Which sentence states the central information?

The school clinic recorded forty dengue cases this term. Most patients were Grade 7 students. The clinic nurse wears a blue uniform. Teachers now check classrooms for mosquitoes weekly. Which sentence gives only a minor detail?

The canteen will close at noon this Friday. Students should buy their lunch early. The canteen will not open past twelve on Friday. Vendors outside the gate will stay open. Which sentence repeats information already given?

The barangay wants to widen the creek to stop flooding. Engineers say the work will take four months. Residents worry about the cost. The captain's son plays for the town basketball team. Which sentence distracts from the matter discussed?

Our canteen sells rice meals for PHP 45. It serves about three hundred students each day. It is the best canteen in the whole province. The line moves fastest before nine. Which sentence is an unsupported claim?

A survey of two hundred students found that 130 walk to school. The walk takes most of them twenty minutes. Everyone knows that walking makes students smarter. The gate opens at six. Which sentence makes a claim nothing supports?

Fire hit a Cebu City warehouse on Tuesday night. Nobody inside was hurt. Firefighters brought three trucks to the scene. The owner had been away since March. Which sentence carries the report's central information?

The town plans a night market to help small vendors. Officials counted sixty vendors without stalls. The plaza fountain was repainted last year. The mayor's term ends in June. Which detail bears on the night market plan?

The class will collect plastic bottles all week. Bring clean bottles only. Bottles must be washed before you bring them. The collection box sits beside the door. Which sentence only restates an earlier point?

Drivers asked for a two-peso fare increase. Students say their daily budget is already tight. The board will decide in August. One driver's cousin won a singing contest. Which sentence pulls the reader away from the decision?

Our school should start classes at eight. Many students travel an hour by jeepney. Some arrive hungry and late. A later start would let them eat and rest. Which sentence states the central claim the rest supports?

The canteen raised its prices by five pesos in July. Office receipts confirm the change. Nine out of ten students think the rise is unfair. Lines are longest at noon. Which sentence gives a figure the passage never sources?

The Pasig River carries waste from many towns. Cleanup crews removed twelve tons of trash last month. The crew's boat is painted green. Volunteers work every second Saturday. Which sentence adds a minor detail only?

Grade 8 will hold a book fair on Friday. Books will cost between PHP 20 and PHP 100. All proceeds go to the library fund. The fair hall was built long ago. Which sentence could be cut without losing significant information?

Only two of the town's eight water pumps still work. Families now line up before dawn. The repair budget was approved in May, but no parts have arrived. Which statement best captures the central information?

The city added twenty new streetlights along Rizal Street. Records list the cost as PHP 400,000. Experts agree the street is now the country's safest. Work ended in April. Which sentence dresses an opinion as reported information?

Attendance rose after the free breakfast began. In March, forty more students came each day. The free breakfast made more students attend. Teachers noticed fewer late arrivals. Which sentence restates the first point instead of adding to it?

Aling Nena has sold taho on that corner for thirty years. She wakes at three to cook the soybeans. The paint on her wooden cart has faded. Her regular buyers are now grandparents. Which sentence carries the least significant information?

Nurses logged thirty heat cases in May. Many believe the heat drives students away. Some say our heat beats any in Asia. The heat is surely the worst problem here. Which sentence reports a counted figure rather than an opinion?