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The most important sentence in a paragraph is the topic sentence’.
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It is called the topic sentence’ because it tells readers what they are
going to read about.

A topic sentence has two parts:

1. A topic: what the paragraph is about,

2. A controlling idea: what the writer is going to focus on it in the
paragraph.

For example:
Topic sentence 1: My sister and I respect our parents all the time.
topic controlling idea

Topic sentence 2: A cheetah is a wild animal from the cat family.
topic controlling idea

B. Look at the topic sentences from paragraphs you have seen in Vision 2.
Find the topic and the controlling idea.

1) Language is a system of communication.

2) About fifty percent of the world’s languages have fewer than 5000

speakers.

3) Bad habits and addiction can be harmful to health. 2
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4) Art is what people create with imagination and skill.

5) Handicrafts are good examples of the art and culture of a country.
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