Name__________________________________________Date______________________
English Basics
Volume 4, Number 29, May 8, 2000
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Paragraphs are groups of sentences having a common topic or main idea. Every sentence in a paragraph should support the theme of that paragraph. When a writer wants to use a sentence that doesn’t meet that requirement, it’s time to start another paragraph.
Which one of the two sentences that follow each paragraph belongs in that paragraph?
1. Ryan is very athletic for a three year old. He can run faster than most kids twice his age. He throws and catches a basketball with ease. He is an accomplished tennis player and golfer. _______________________________
a.
Ryan can even roller skate backwards on one foot.
b. Ryan can
even read second grade level books.
2.
Don’t be so quick to buy an SUV. They are more expensive than
many equally comfortable automobiles. ___________ ____________________
They consume fuel faster than you can say, “Fill
‘er up!” These trucks are clearly not for everyone.
a.
They tend to be much safer in collisions than other vehicles.
b. They are
less stable and harder to control in emergency situations.
3.
Yes, I confess, I’m a beef addict! I can’t drive
past a Burger King without stopping in for a Whopper. I have filled my
freezer with steaks and roasts and mountains of ground beef. No steer
is safe if I’m in his neighborhood. ______________
_________________
a.
I am very unhappy if I can’t eat mushrooms with my beef!
b. The
Cattleman’s Beef Association should make me its poster boy!
4.
The penguin is another bird that cannot fly. Its
“wings” are flippers that 
carry it
through the water instead of the air. _______________________________
a.
Swimming is the penguin’s version of flight.
b. An ostrich
is no better at flying than a penguin.
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