You run up and down the court. You have to be able to chase down the ball. Sometimes you play for five or six minutes straight without a time out. Which of the options below would make a good topic sentence for this paragraph?

Basketball is an athletic sport.

I played basketball last Thanksgiving.

Select the best topic sentence for the paragraph. When you bake cookies, you first have to make sure you have all the ingredients. Then you have to mix them together. Finally, you have to put them in the oven.

There are a few steps you must follow when making cookies.

Baking cookies is really easy to do.

My grandma has the best cookies recipe.

Cookies are easier to make than cake.

The boss of every paragraph (no matter which one) is...

the transitional words and phrases

Paragraph Structure

Authored by Marlon Rojas JR

English

5th Grade

CCSS covered

Used 515+ times

AI Actions

Add similar questions

Adjust reading levels

Convert to real-world scenario

Translate activity

More...

Content View

Student View

12 questions

Show all answers

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In writing a paragraph, what is the first sentence called.

Sequence sentence

Capital sentence

Topic sentence

Concluding sentence

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What are supporting sentences in a paragraph?

true and false sentences

sentences about the conclusion

short sentences

details about the topic sentences

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the last sentence in a paragraph called?

topic sentence

supporting sentence

concluding sentence

opinion sentence

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RI.3.2

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the concluding sentence?

tells the main idea

repeats the main idea using different words.

tells a joke

tells the action of the paragraph

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Transition words like first, next, and lastly are used to organize the details in the middle of the paragraph.

True

False

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In writing paragraphs, you do NOT need to use complete sentences. Subject +verb.

true

false

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

'And' is a good word to start sentences in a paragraph.

true

false

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Access all questions and much more by creating a free account

Create resources

Host any resource

Get auto-graded reports

Continue with Google

Continue with Email

Continue with Classlink

Continue with Clever

or continue with

Microsoft

Apple

Others

Already have an account?

Similar Resources on Wayground

10 questions

G5 Unit 3B Vocabulary

Quiz

•

5th Grade

16 questions

Synonymy & Antonymy

Quiz

•

1st - 5th Grade

14 questions

Unit 3 "At the castle" review.

Quiz

•

5th Grade

10 questions

5th Grade Trivia

Quiz

•

5th Grade

10 questions

Survival Camp Vocabulary

Quiz

•

5th - 6th Grade

10 questions

quintifiers

Quiz

•

3rd - 8th Grade

16 questions

Writing For Pleasure Questionnaire

Quiz

•

5th Grade

10 questions

Irregular Verbs

Quiz

•

1st - 9th Grade

Popular Resources on Wayground

15 questions

Fractions on a Number Line

Quiz

•

3rd Grade

20 questions

Equivalent Fractions

Quiz

•

3rd Grade

25 questions

Multiplication Facts

Quiz

•

5th Grade

54 questions

Analyzing Line Graphs & Tables

Quiz

•

4th Grade

$fractions$

22 questions

fractions

Quiz

•

3rd Grade

20 questions

Main Idea and Details

Quiz

•

5th Grade

20 questions

Context Clues

Quiz

•

6th Grade

15 questions

Equivalent Fractions

Quiz

•

4th Grade

Discover more resources for English

20 questions

Main Idea and Details

Quiz

•

5th Grade

12 questions

Figurative Language Review

Interactive video

•

5th Grade

20 questions

Prefix and Suffix Review

Quiz

•

3rd - 5th Grade

20 questions

Character perspective, theme, summarize, author's purpose

Quiz

•

5th Grade

20 questions

Shifts in Verb Tenses

Quiz

•

5th Grade

20 questions

Figurative Language

Quiz

•

5th Grade

15 questions

Main Idea and Supporting Details.

Quiz

•

4th - 11th Grade

20 questions

Context Clues

Quiz

•

5th Grade

Paragraph Structure

In writing a paragraph, what is the first sentence called.

What are supporting sentences in a paragraph?

What is the last sentence in a paragraph called?

What is the concluding sentence?

Transition words like first, next, and lastly are used to organize the details in the middle of the paragraph.

In writing paragraphs, you do NOT need to use complete sentences. Subject +verb.

'And' is a good word to start sentences in a paragraph.

You run up and down the court. You have to be able to chase down the ball. Sometimes you play for five or six minutes straight without a time out.Which of the options below would make a good topic sentence for this paragraph?

Select the best topic sentence for the paragraph.When you bake cookies, you first have to make sure you have all the ingredients. Then you have to mix them together. Finally, you have to put them in the oven.

The boss of every paragraph (no matter which one) is...

Access all questions and much more by creating a free account

Similar Resources on Wayground

Popular Resources on Wayground

Discover more resources for English

You run up and down the court. You have to be able to chase down the ball. Sometimes you play for five or six minutes straight without a time out.
Which of the options below would make a good topic sentence for this paragraph?

Select the best topic sentence for the paragraph.
When you bake cookies, you first have to make sure you have all the ingredients. Then you have to mix them together. Finally, you have to put them in the oven.