In this English writing lesson, learn how to write topic sentences for essays, paragraph assignments, IELTS, TOEFL, and more.

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✍️ PRACTICE:
Write topic sentences for the following writing prompts:

What are the best ways to improve your English at home? (write just 1 paragraph)

What are the reasons people should go to college? (write an essay; you will need 2-4 topic sentences)
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TIPS:
1. Use the formula: The first reason/step/benefit of ... is ...
2. Include the topic, controlling idea, and key point of the paragraph.
3. If you're writing topic sentences for an essay, add variety by using synonyms and/or moving the key point to the front.
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0:00 How to write clear topic sentences
1:01 What is a topic sentence?
2:19 Topic sentence for stand-alone paragraph
2:47 Topic sentences in an essay
4:15 Examples of topic sentences
6:00 Examples of topic sentences in an essay
8:03 A more advanced way
9:27 Add more variety
9:43 Practice
12:50 Review

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