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            Practice 
            
            The topic sentence appears in different locations in the following four paragraphs.
Find each topic sentence. 
             
            Level: intermediate 
            Age: 14-17 
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            Finding the Main Idea of the Paragraph. 
            
             The main idea is a general idea. It states the central point of the paragraph. Usually, the main idea appears in a sentence called the topic sentence. The rest of the paragraph provides supporting details for the main idea. These can be arguments, examples statistics and numbers, etc. 
             
            Level: intermediate 
            Age: 14-17 
            Type: grammar-guide 
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            Finding the Main Idea of the Paragraph. 
            
             The main idea is a general idea. It states the central point of the paragraph. Usually, the main idea appears in a sentence called the topic sentence. The rest of the paragraph provides supporting details for the main idea. These can be arguments, examples statistics and numbers, etc. 
             
            Level: intermediate 
            Age: 14-17 
            Type: grammar-guide 
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            Finding the Main Idea of the Paragraph. 
            
            The main idea is a general idea. It states the central point of the paragraph. Usually, the main idea appears in a sentence called the topic sentence. The rest of the paragraph provides supporting details for the main idea. These can be arguments, examples statistics and numbers, etc. 
             
            Level: intermediate 
            Age: 14-17 
            Type: grammar-guide 
            Downloads: 35
            
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            Finding the Main Idea of the Paragraph. 
            
            The main idea is a general idea. It states the central point of the paragraph. Usually, the main idea appears in a sentence called the topic sentence. The rest of the paragraph provides supporting details for the main idea. These can be arguments, examples statistics and numbers, etc. 
             
            Level: intermediate 
            Age: 14-17 
            Type: grammar-guide 
            Downloads: 50
            
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            "An apple pie" 
            
            A kind of a commonly used structure, which has two nouns one before and one after "of".
             
            Level: intermediate 
            Age: 14-17 
            Type: grammar-guide 
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            "A piece of cake" 
            
            A commonly used noun stucture which might be expanded. It has two nouns one before "of" and the other after.
             
            Level: intermediate 
            Age: 14-17 
            Type: grammar-guide 
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            "Green Lights" - A Technique to Locate the Noun 
            
             Where do we stop looking for a noun? When there is  "stopper" -full stop, comma, preposition or verb.
             
            Level: advanced 
            Age: 14-17 
            Type: grammar-guide 
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