Catch the main idea
Choose the message, not
the detail.
Read the paragraph once, then find the sentence that summarises it most accurately and completely.
After a short morning walk, Deniz returned to work and found a new solution to a difficult problem. Although she had not thought about it deliberately, her mind had kept working in the background.
Main idea reading exercise
Separate the central message from supporting details in short paragraphs.
What might this practice support?
This exercise may support noticing and deliberately practising its target reading behaviour. By itself, it does not demonstrate lasting improvement or transfer to other texts.
How should it be used?
Begin at a comfortable level and progress only while the task remains accurate and understandable. Reduce pace or difficulty when meaning or comfort declines.
What does this exercise not guarantee?
One round cannot guarantee a lasting increase in reading speed, a wider anatomical field of view or the same result for every text. Compare it with comprehension measured in real passages.