Identifying Topic Sentence

The topic sentence does not entirely tell the idea of the paragraph.

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The topic sentence states the subject and the purpose of the paragraph.

• True

• False

The topic sentence gives the reader the idea of what he/she is going to read.

• True

• False

Topic sentence is usually found at the beginning of a paragraph.

• True

• False

A paragraph must only contain one main idea.

• True

• False

A paragraph is a group of related sentences that present and develop one main idea.

• True

• False

A topic sentence maybe found at the beginning, middle and end of the paragraph.

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• False

The topic sentence in a paragraph summarizes what the entire paragraph is all about.

• True

• False

One cannot identify the topic sentence if he/she does not understand the whole paragraph.

• True

• False

A topic sentence is usually a question.

• True

• False