Exercise 7.1 Reading for main ideas One way to determine the main idea in a piece of text is to find the topic sentence. Each paragraph contains a topic sentence that determines the subject matter of the paragraph; the first sentence of a paragraph is often its topic sentence. Find the topic sentence in each paragraph of the reading text and paraphrase it below.
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Exercise 7.2 Reading for details Add details from the reading text to the following outline about tornadoes. 1
. Size _______________________________________________________________
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. Shape _______________________________________________________________
Head _______________________________________________________________
Tail _______________________________________________________________
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. Color _______________________________________________________________
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. Frequency _______________________________________________________________
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. Speed of travel _______________________________________________________________
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. Tornado season _______________________________________________________________
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. Formation of tornadoes _______________________________________________________________
Moist air _______________________________________________________________
The hot and cold air _______________________________________________________________
Condensation _______________________________________________________________
