
Writing: Structure of a paragraph
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Writing: Structure of a paragraph
- Understanding a paragraph
- Paragraph organisation
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What is a paragraph?
Read the explanation in your books on page 11 and answer the question.
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Multiple Choice
In academic writing , how many sentences are there in an average paragraph?
2-3
3-5
5-10
10-20
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Multiple Choice
What is the purpose of the sentences in a paragraph?
To make people read a lot of words
To explain many ideas
To answer an assignment question
To explain the writers main idea
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Understanding a paragraph p.11
Read this paragraph. It is the beginning of an article about Switzerland in a student newspaper. Then answer the questions.
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Multiple Choice
What is the topic of the paragraph?
Mountains
Travelling
Switzerland
Europe
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Multiple Choice
What is the main idea about the paragraph?
Switzerland is a country with beautiful mountains, delicious food, wonderful places to go sightseeing, and polite people.
Switzerland has many mountains.
Switzerland is close to many interesting countries.
Swiss cities have many modern buidlings.
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Multiple Select
What ideas help explain the main idea?
Select all that apply
Switzerland has many mountains
Switzerland borders 5 countries
There are 5 languages spoken in Switzerland
Climbing or skiing is great fun
There are many interesting places to visit in Switzerland
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Paragraph Organisation
Read about the 3 parts of a paragraph on page 12 and then answer the questions.
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Multiple Choice
Which part of the paragraph repeats the main idea and gives a final comment?
The topic sentence
The supporting sentences
The conclusion
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Multiple Choice
Which part of the paragraph introduces the main idea?
The topic sentence
The supporting sentences
The conclusion
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Multiple Choice
Which part of the paragraph explains the main idea?
The topic sentence
The supporting sentences
The conclusion
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Understanding a paragraph p.11
Read the paragraph on page 11 again and then answer the questions about paragraph organisation. Note there are 9 sentences labelled 1-9
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Multiple Choice
Which sentence is the topic sentence?
1
2
6
9
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Multiple Choice
Which sentence is the concluding sentence?
1
2
6
9
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Multiple Select
Which of the sentences listed are supporting sentences?
Select all that apply
1
2
6
8
9
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Good or bad?
Read paragraphs a, b & c on page 13 and then answer the questions about why they are good or bad?
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Multiple Select
What are the problems with paragraph a?
select all that apply
Not enough supporting sentences to explain the topic sentence
No Concluding sentence
Some of the supporting sentences are not connected to the topic sentence.
There is no problem this is a good paragraph.
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Multiple Select
What are the problems with paragraph b?
select all that apply
Not enough supporting sentences to explain the topic sentence
No Concluding sentence
Some of the supporting sentences are not connected to the topic sentence.
There is no problem this is a good paragraph.
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Multiple Select
What are the problems with paragraph c?
select all that apply
Not enough supporting sentences to explain the topic sentence
No Concluding sentence
Some of the supporting sentences are not connected to the topic sentence.
There is no problem this is a good paragraph.
Writing: Structure of a paragraph
- Understanding a paragraph
- Paragraph organisation
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