Paragraph Review (lí thuyết chung về viết đoạn văn)

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WRITING
UNIT 5
PARAGRAPH REVIEW

Group 8:

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Nguyễn Thị Thanh Phương
Bùi Ngọc Thanh Giang
Võ Thị Hiền
Hồ Thái An


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PARAGRAPH REVIEW

In the past four units, we have learned about paragraph. Now
we will take a moment to review what we have learned after all
this time.


All of the sentences in the paragraph relate to the main topic.

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The first line of a paragraph is indented.

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The concluding sentence brings the paragraph to a logical ending.

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Feature of a Paragraph

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topic sentence

Controls or guides the whole paragraph

Is not a general fact that everyone accepts as true
A good topic sentence
Specific but not too specific

Has controlling ideas


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What?

Who?

Where?

Why?

When?

How?


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The concluding sentence

restatement

suggestion

opinion

prediction


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EXAMPLE:

Education should be equitable in other to be fair. This means that everyone should have
equal access to education. Boys and girls should have the same educational provision. This
doesn’t mean that they have to be taught together in the same classroom. They may need
to have a separate curriculum. The important thing is that everyone should have the same
opportunities.


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LANGUAGE FOCUS REVIEW

All these elements of grammar and punctuation are
important for a good paragraph. We will have a
chance to practice these items.


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Subject-verb agreement

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Verb tenses

THE IMPORTANT ELEMENTS OF
GRAMMAR AND PUNCTUATION
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Capitalization and end punctuation

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Avoiding sentence fragments and comma splices

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Pronouns used for key nouns


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Subject-verb agreement
Complete the correct form of the verb that agrees with the subject

1.

Many of the girls (wear) __________ white shirt.

2.

Three kilos of potatoes (make) _____________ wear
the basket heavier.

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4.

Some of the tables in the classroom (be) _______ broken.
make

What we need most (be) _______books.
were
are


1. When I last saw him, he _____ in London.

VERB TENSES

A. has lived

B. is living

C. was living

D. has been living

2. We _______ Dorothy since last Saturday.
A. don’t see

B. haven’t seen

C. didn’t see

D. hadn’t seen

3. The train ______ half an hour ago.
A. has been leaving
C. has left

B. left
D. had left

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CAPITALIZATION AND END PUNCTUATION
Add capitals and punctuation that make the word groups into complete sentences.
an elephant is the biggest living animal on land it is quite huge in size it is usually black or grey
in color elephants have four legs a long trunk and two white tusks near their trunk apart from
this they have two big ears and a short tail elephants are vegetarian they eat all kinds of plants
especially bananas they are quite social intelligent and useful animals they are used to carry
logs of wood from one place to another they are good swimmers


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Correct

An elephant is the biggest living animal on land. It is quite huge in size. It is usually black
or grey in color. Elephants have four legs, a long trunk and two white tusks near their trunk.
Apart from this, they have two big ears and a short tail. Elephants are vegetarian. They eat all
kinds of plants especially bananas. They are quite social, intelligent and useful animals. They
are used to carry logs of wood from one place to another. They are good swimmers.


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AVOIDING SENTENCE FRAGMENTS AND COMMA SPLICES

Determine whether the following groups of words are comma splices, fragments, or correct
sentences.

1.

Should be able to visit.

2. Please stand up.

Fragments
Correct sentence

3. I rode my bike over the rocks, I got a flat tire.
Comma splice


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Pronouns used for key nouns
Ants are very hardworking insects. Throughout the summers they collect food for the winter
season. Whenever they find a sweet lying on the floor they stick to the sweet and carry it to
their home.

Stars look tiny in the sky because they are far away from the Earth. In ancient times the sky
watchers found patterns of stars in it.
They
ants
 

It
 

the sweet

They
It

stars
the sky


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