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CLT Grammar/Writing · Lesson
Relevance
Some questions ask whether a sentence should be added or deleted. Keep it only if it supports the paragraph's point, in its place.
- State the paragraph's main point in a few words.
- Ask whether the sentence serves that point here. Interesting is not enough.
- Read the reason given in each choice. The right choice has the right decision and the right reason.
Q. A paragraph about how the longitude prize changed clockmaking. Should the writer add a sentence about the price of a ticket to London in 1714?
Answer No: the ticket price has nothing to do with the prize or with clocks.
A true, specific detail is still off topic if the paragraph is not about it.
- Half the choices say "Yes" and half say "No." Decide yes or no first, then pick the choice whose reason is accurate.
- A sentence that repeats what the paragraph already says should usually be deleted.
Every practice question comes with a full explanation, including why each wrong choice is wrong. Free, with no account.