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Paragraph

structure.
Aygun Mammadzada
I will talk about:

01 02 03
Supporting
Paragraph Topic sentence
sentences

04 05
Concluding
Activity
sentence
01
Paragraph
A paragraph is an
individual segment of
writing that discusses a
central idea, typically with
more than one sentence.
Parts of a paragraph:
Middle: End:
Beginning:
Supporting Conclusion
Topic sentence
sentences sentence
Topic sentence is Supporting sentences Conclusion
important has one job, which is sentence is there
because it is the to develop the main to give the
main idea of the idea or to support the paragraph closure
entire paragraph. topic sentence with and to touch upon
examples. the main idea.
02
Topic sentence
A good English paragraph is
always starts with a topic
sentence. Usually the topic
sentence is the first sentence,
but sometimes it can be the
second sentence of a
paragraph.
How to write a topic
sentence?
Be careful about main
idea
There are some
rules to write a It can not be too
general or specific
successful topic
sentence: Do not announce your
topic
03
Supporting
sentences
After the topic sentence,
paragraph always needs
supporting sentences. It must
support the topic.
How to write supporting
sentences?
There are 2 main rules to write a successful
supporting sentence:

Define
Give some
examples
04
Conclusion
sentence
The last part of a paragraph is
always a concluding sentence.
Concluding sentence reminds
the reader about the topic of
your paragraph. Basically we
describe the main idea one
more time, but we use different
words.
Concluding sentences often
begin with this phrases:
1. As you can see,
2. In short,
3. On the whole,
4. That’s why…
5. In conclusion,
6. In brief,
7. To sum up
8. In summary, …
05
Activity
Answer key
Exercise A
A. 1 B. 2, 5, 8 C. 3, 4 D. 11
Exercise B
1. DA topic sentence expresses the main idea of the paragraph
and all sentences in the paragraph support it.
2. A Supporting sentences help show that the main idea
expressed in the topic sentence is true or valid.
3. B Details can include examples or explanations to help
develop supporting ideas.
4. C A concluding sentence restates the main idea in different
words and may also summarise the supporting ideas.
Thanks
for your
attentio
n!
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