Oxford University PressHeadway Plus INTERMEDIATE Writing Guide Introductory
A concluding paragraph:
is in the middle of the essay.
is at the end of the essay.
reminds the reader what you wrote about in the essay.
tells the reader how you will organize your ideas.
gives new information about the main topic.
gives a summary of your opinion.
repeats the main point.
often has an interesting sentence to finish.
I hope I have shown you how important basketball is to me.
As I said at the start, I play lots of sports, but basketball
really is my number one game. You should try it too!
PARAGRAPH ORGANIZATION 2
Worksheet 1: Concluding paragraphs
Exercise 1
Read the paragraph.
This is the concluding paragraph
for the essay in Paragraph
Organisation 1, Worksheet 3,
Exercise 3, ‘My favourite sport’.
Tick () the correct information
about concluding paragraphs.
Exercise 2
Which three paragraphs are introductory paragraphs (write IP) and which three are concluding
paragraphs (write CP)?
Match the concluding paragraphs to the introductory paragraphs.
Many people love eating out in restaurants.
However, as well as lots of advantages, there are
several disadvantages to eating out. I will start
by exploring the advantages.
There are many restaurants in my city which I
visit with my family and friends. However, my
favourite restaurant is the local one, at the end
of our street, near my home.
In conclusion, eating together, at home or
out in restaurants, is one of the most important
things we can do as a family. This has always
been the case in the past in our culture, and it
should be in the future too.
To sum up, I agree that eating out can lead to
eating too much fast food. However, in general
there are more advantages than disadvantages
to going to restaurants. Just be careful what you
choose!
So you can see there are many reasons to
visit this restaurant. Food, price, location – there
is not a single disadvantage with going there. Try
it for yourself!
Eating together is a very important part of
our culture. Families need to spend lots of time
together to be happy and close, and eating
together is a good way to do this. In this essay I
will give reasons for my opinion.