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                                                                Recognizing Paragraphs

 

Below is a group of words about lions.  The words tell three main ideas, so there should be three paragraphs.  Read through the words.  Decide where sentences begin and end.  Decide where the paragraphs begin and end.  Cross out any sentences that do not tell about the main ideas of the paragraphs.  Then rewrite the paragraphs correctly on a separate sheet of paper. 

 

·        Put a capital letter at the beginning of each sentence.

·        Put a period at the end of each sentence.

·        Indent each paragraph

·        Leave out any sentences that do not belong.

 

most wild lions live in Africa the king of beasts, as it is called, prefers grass covered plains there its sandy coloring blends perfectly with the ground and the sun-burned grass lions seldom wander into heavy forests, and they avoid deserts because of the scarce food supply lions are carnivorous this means that they eat other animals for food lions hunt for animals like the antelope, the zebra, and the bush pig lions adapt easily to living in zoos very old lions live on smaller animals like rodents a lion fears only three animals they are the full-grown buffalo, elephant, and rhinoceros the rhino has a short, broad head and a single horn he knows that these animals are much stronger than he is if it came to a fight, the lion would lose

       Write down the main idea of each paragraph.  This will help you group the sentences into paragraphs.

 

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