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Introduction to Exercise 3
What You Will Learn

In this exercise, you will write topic sentences that are appropriate for a paragraph.
What You Will Do

In the following paragraphs, the topic sentence is missing. Read each paragraph and type an appropriate topic sentence in the box provided. Click on the HINT button to help you determine what should be included in the topic sentence. When you have finished, click DONE and compare your answer with WHAT WE WROTE.
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