GENERAL AIM

• Produces short to medium-length texts making recommendations or suggestions related to situations of academic, social, or personal interest.

COMMUNICATIVE PURPOSE

• Identify concluding sentences in a paragraph or a text about academic matters.
• Write and paraphrase concluding sentences in a paragraph or a text about academic matters.

GRAMMAR PURPOSE

• Expressions of concluding sentence starters.

1. Watch the following video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfsRQ69Y-dw

2. Answer the following questions:

• a.What is the main idea of the video?
• b.What are the tips to improve your writing?
• c.Do you already do one of these tips? Which one?
• d.Which tip did you find useful or interesting?

The conclusion of a paragraph signals the end of the paragraph; summarizes the main points of the paragraph and relates them to the topic sentence; gives a final comment on the topic and leaves the reader with the most important ideas to think about; can make a suggestion or a prediction.

The concluding sentence often closes the paragraph by returning the main idea of it. They do this by repeating a keyword or phrase from the topic sentence.

Examples:

• Topic sentence: There are many good reasons why people live in the country but not in cities.
• Conclusion: In conclusion, living in the country is much better than living in the city.

• Topic Sentence: Forests are important for life on earth.
• Conclusion: To sum up, if there were no forests, there would be no life on this planet.

• In conclusion
• Overall
• As a result
• Thus
• Finally
• Lastly
• For this reason
• In general

1. Read the following topic sentences. Choose the best concluding sentence for them:

a. Smoking is unhealthy because it can cause heart and lung disease; moreover, it is expensive.

• In brief, buying cigarettes is a bad idea.
• In brief, smoking affects your health, and it is also a waste of money.
• In brief, smoking is a bad habit.

b. London has excellent bus and subway systems.

• To summarize, the public transportation system in London provides reliable service at all times.
• To summarize, taking a bus in London is convenient.
• To summarize, using the subway is a good way to get around London.

2. Now, write concluding sentences using the following topic sentences and supporting sentences.

A.

• Topic sentence: Communication in a foreign language can create some embarrassing misunderstandings.
• Supporting sentence 1: Mispronouncing words can lead to real embarrassment.
• Supporting sentence 2: Misunderstanding can create amusing problems.
• Supporting sentence 3: Misusing vocabulary can make you blush.
• Conclusion:?

B.

• Topic sentence: In order to make a good impression at a job interview, you should prepare well for the interview.
• Supporting sentence 1: You should plan your answers to possible questions.
• Supporting sentence 2: You should prepare what you are going to wear.
• Supporting sentence 3: You should make sure that you arrive on time.
• Conclusion:?

3. Read the following texts, identify the conclusion paragraph or sentence.

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1. Look at the following chart.

2. Choose one of the three subjects.

3. Write a paragraph including the information provided, plus a topic sentence and a conclusion. Don’t forget to use transitional words and expressions for every part.

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