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SAI INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

ENGLISH GRAMMAR

CHAPTER-PARAGRAPH WRITING

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WORDS

SENTENCES

PARAGRAPH

Summary

A paragraph is a brief piece of writing that's around seven to ten sentences long. It
has a topic sentence and supporting sentences that all relate closely to the topic
sentence. The paragraph form refers to its overall structure, which is a group of
sentencesfocusing on a single topic.

There are three main parts of a paragraph:

 Topic sentence - it has the main idea
 Supporting sentence - details evidences that relate to and support the topic
sentence
 Concluding sentence - a brief reflection or statement about the main idea

Topic sentence -The topic sentence is usually the first sentence but it can appear at
any point in the paragraph. The main thing is to be sure you have a topic sentence
because it gives your paragraph its focus. Imagine each paragraph as a sandwich.
The real content of the sandwich—the meat or other filling—is in the middle. It
includes all the evidence you need to make the point. But it gets kind of messy to eat
a sandwich without any bread. Your readers don’t know what to do with all the
evidence you’ve given them. So, the top slice of bread (the first sentence of the
paragraph) explains the topic (or controlling idea) of the paragraph. And, the bottom
slice (the last sentence of the paragraph) tells the reader how the paragraph