1.
Topic Sentence
• It tells the reader the main idea (what the paragraph will be about).
• Example: “Soccer is the most popular sport in the world.”
This tells us the whole paragraph will talk about soccer.
2. Supporting Ideas
• Supporting ideas are the details, examples, or reasons that explain the topic sentence.
o It is played in almost every country.
o “Famous tournaments like the World Cup attract millions of fans.”
o “Soccer is easy to play because it only needs a ball.”
3. Concluding Sentence
• The concluding sentence comes at the end of the paragraph.
• It sums up the main idea or gives the reader something to think about.
• For example, for these reasons, soccer is very famous sport.
• Topic sentence= Soccer is the most popular sport in the world.
Supporting ideas=
• It is played in almost every country.
• Famous tournaments like the World Cup attract millions of fans.
• Soccer is easy to play because it only needs a ball.
• Concluding sentence= For these reasons, soccer is very famous sport.
• Putting it together in a short paragraph:
Soccer is the most popular sport in the world. It is played in almost every country. Famous
tournaments like the World Cup attract millions of fans. Soccer is easy to play because it
only needs a ball. For these reasons, soccer is very famous sport.