Grammar and Language Workbook

Audience: compact disc manufacturers
2. Theme: a set of instructions for a young person who has to stay home alone for a few hours after
school; Audience: a thirteen-year-old relative or neighbor
3. Theme: reasons why your city or area should be the next site of the summer or winter Olympics;
Audience: Olympic officials
4. Theme: tried and true methods for asking someone out on a date; Audience: friend
5. Theme: invitation to speak at your graduation ceremony; Audience: mayor or city council
member
6. Theme: a request for information on how to apply for a college scholarship; Audience: college
admissions office
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7. Theme: an apology for not following through on a promise; Audience: friend or relative
8. Theme: a description of your favorite song or type of music; Audience: someone who has never
heard this song or type of music
 Exercise 4
Write two questions that you would need to answer in order to create a good
paragraph from each topic sentence below. 
1. Most of the world’s civilizations began near a source of water.
2. If you can swim, hold your breath for a full minute, and lift at least sixty pounds then you may
be the person for this job.
3. The Sherpas’ knowledge of the Himalayas make them valuable guides for mountain climbers. 
4. When you go white-water rafting you may leave with a boatload of strangers, but you return
with a boatload of friends.
5. This artist uses willow branches to craft her delicate furniture.