Writing: Building up paragraphs

Paragraphs help you to group related sentences together. They are useful for writing letters, reports and stories.

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Building up paragraphs includes:

  • The purpose of paragraphs
  • Using headings
  • Using topic sentences
  • Linking paragraphs in a text
  • Strategies for developing writing in paragraphs

Downloadable Factsheets

Writing paragraphs

Writing paragraphs

How paragraphs work and why they are necessary in written texts.

Using paragraphs

Using paragraphs

How to develop paragraphs in your writing and understanding topic sentences.

Downloadable Worksheets

Writing about a holiday

Writing about a holiday

Exercise in planning your writing and ordering ideas.

Writing a description

Writing a description

Exercise in writing descriptions based on the senses.

Finding the main idea in paragraphs

Finding the main idea in paragraphs

Exercise in reading paragraphs and deciding on the main ideas in an example text.

Writing in a genre

Writing in a genre

Summary of different types of genres and appropriate styles.

Using linking words

Using linking words

Exercise in using linking words to complete a successful paragraph.

Using the topic sentence

Using the topic sentence

Exercise in completing a paragraph based on an example topic sentence.

Finding the topic sentence

Finding the topic sentence

Exercise in identifying the topic sentence in an example paragraph.

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