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Reading Skill: Topic and Key Details The topic is the subject of

the passage or what the
passage is mainly about. It
is usually just a word or
Complete the details based on the different types of storms. short phrase. The key

details are specific

Topic Four Types of Storms information (details) that
tells about the topic.

lightning
• It brings heavy rain with thunder and ________________.
Detail 1 • The meeting of warm and cold air forms water droplets,

Thunderstorm
which fall as rain.

spinning
Detail 2 • It is a storm made of ________________ wind.

ground
Tornado • It sucks up things from the ________________.

Detail 3 • Wind and water spin together into a doughnut shape.
Hurricane • Its center, called the ________________, is calm.
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ey

Detail 4 • It brings lots of snow.

Snowstorm • You can ________________ in the snow.
get lost

lightning eye ground spinning get lost

Unit 11 | Storms