Topic Sentence and Supporting Sentences

Topic Sentence and Supporting Sentences

By Sonia Lopez

​Practice Exercise: Identify the part of the sentence that is the topic and the controlling idea

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On your own...

Multiple Choice

Mark the topic in this sentence:

Bread is an important part of our diet.

• bread

• diet

• important part

Multiple Choice

Mark the controlling idea in this sentence:

Potatoes are easy to grow.

• potatoes

• easy to grow

• are

• grow

Multiple Choice

Identify the controlling idea:

Potatoes are the basic food of the Irish.

• potatoes

• basic food

• of the Irish

• basic food of the Irish

Multiple Choice

Identify the controlling idea:

French fries are popular all over the world.

• french fries

• are popular

• all over the word

• popular all over the world

Multiple Choice

Identify the topic:

Rice is an important part of people’s diets in Asia.

• rice

• important part

• people's diets in Asia

• important part of people's diets in Asia

Multiple Choice

Identify the controlling idea:

The Middle East is the birthplace of three main religions.

• The Midddle East

• birthplace of three main religions

• is the birthplace

• three main religions

Multiple Choice

Identify the topic:

Tokyo has excellent public transportation systems.

• Tokyo

• public transportation systems

• has excellent public transportation

• transportation systems

Multiple Choice

Identify the controlling idea:

Big cars are safer than small cars for two reasons.

• big cars are safer

• tsmall cars

• safer than small cars

• for two reasons

Multiple Choice

Identify the topic:

A baseball player must master several skills.

• baseball

• baseball player

• must master

• several skills