Paragraphs

1. Why do writers divide their writing into paragraphs?

2. To be successful, what TWO qualities should a paragraph have?

3. As a rough guide, how many sentences should a paragraph contain?

4. What are the two different methods of separating paragraphs?

5. Look at the examples of a well-built paragraph and a badly-built paragraph – what are the differences between them?

6. What is meant by a ‘topic and development’ paragraph? Can you find three different ways to develop a topic?

7. How can you make writing your introductory paragraph less scary?

University of Teeside

Visit the following website and work through the online tutorial on paragraphs. The focus is on topic sentences and building coherent paragraphs.

RMIT

Now go to this page and do some of the exercises. Try to do at least 1,2,3 and 4.

University of Hertfordshire

Finally, I would like you to write one paragraph to summarise the main ideas from the listening on culture. Try to write a topic sentence and some example sentences by looking at your notes.