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Unit 10
Paragraph Completion
questions 72–75
Where Is the Blank?
A paragraph has one missing sentence. The position of the blank tells you what kind of sentence you need: at the beginning, a general topic sentence; in the middle, a sentence that connects the previous and the next sentence; at the end, a conclusion or result.
Tactics
- Identify the topic of the paragraph and stay with it — options that introduce a new topic are wrong, even if they are true.
- Check the sentence after the blank: pronouns (this, these, they) and linkers (however, for example) must connect to the missing sentence.
- Check the linker in the options: therefore needs a cause before it, however needs a contrast, for example needs a general statement before it.
- Read the paragraph again with your answer in place — it should flow naturally.