Salem Awadh

Exercise 1

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(1)I live in a house in Izmit. (2)It isn't old or modern; (3)it is a normal Turkish house. (4)It is near the sea. (5) It takes about ten minutes to go to the seaside. (6) In the house, there are two bedrooms, one living room and two other rooms that we use as dining rooms. (7) Naturally, we have a kitchen, a bathroom, a toilet, and a little garden. (8) My parents spend their time growing vegetables and fruit there. (9) My house is not perfect but it is the best place for me.

·        Sentence 1 is the topic sentence stating the main idea.

·        Sentences 2,4,6 and 7 are major supporting sentences. They directly explain the topic sentence.

·        Sentences 3  support sentence 2.

·        Sentence 5 explain sentence 4.

·        Sentence 7 and 8 support sentence 6.

·        Therefore, sentences 3, 5, and 8 are supporting details.

·        Sentence 9 is the concluding sentence. It restates the main idea

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(1) A good friend is a person who doesn't tell me lies, who helps me and let me help him, and whom I can talk to anytime. (2) I always try not to tell lies because I hate lies and I want that from my friends, too. (3) I think it is the most important behavior. (4) I can believe everything my friends say. (5) In addition, a good friend must say to me his opinion about me first. (6) I mean, he shouldn't talk about me with other people, especially about bad thing. (7) He doesn't have to talk about it because it might be wrong. (8) Secondly, a good friend must help me. He must try his best. (9) He should ask help from me too. (10) If we solve problems together, our friendship will be better and will become stronger. (11) Thirdly, I should be able to talk my friends when I want even just to talk about my problems. (12) And during that time we must be happy. (13)In conclusion, we and our friends should like the same things so that we can remind good friends.

                                                                                                         :Explanation

·        Sentence 1 is the topic sentence stating the main idea.

·        Sentences 2, 5,8 and 11 are major supporting sentences. They directly explain the topic sentence.

·        Sentences 3 and 4 support sentence 2.

·        Sentence 6 and 7 explain sentence 5.

·        Sentence 9 and 10 support sentence 8.

       .Sentence  12 supports Sentence 11  

·        Therefore, sentences 3, 4, 6,7, 9 and 10 are supporting details.

·        Sentence 13 is the concluding sentence. It comments the main idea.

                                                                                                Exercise 2

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(1) There are various reasons why personal relationships fail.(2) Firstly, the common reason for the failure in personal relationships is the unrealistic expectations.(3) When the unrealistic expectations are not realised, the people, hurt and blame each other involved feel let down.(4) The second reason is lack of empathy.(5)  Empathy means being able to understand how a person feels in a particular situation.(6)To have little understanding of the other person is a sure way to destroy a relationship.(7)Finally, when one or both partners are insecure, they feel the need to .(8) The demands by the insecure person may be too much for the other persons to bear and that person may leave the relationship.

Explanation:

·        Sentence 1 is the topic sentence stating the main idea.

·        Sentences 2, 4, and 7 are major supporting sentences. They directly explain the topic sentence.

·        Sentence 3 explains sentence 2.

·        Sentence 5 explains sentence 4.

·        Sentence 8 explains sentence 7.

·        Therefore, sentences 3, 5 and 8 are supporting details.

·        Sentence 8 is the concluding sentence. It restates the main idea.