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Read the following paragraph and identify the topic sentence:
Driving in winter can be less problematic if you take a few simple precautionary steps. Firstly, if you are planning to drive on snowy, icy roads, put on snow tires. Secondly, make sure you have enough antifreeze in your radiator. Next, add anti freeze to your windshield washer fluid to avoid the fluid freezing and breaking the container. Finally, carry tire chains, a spray-can to unfreeze door locks, and a windshield scraper in your car when driving in cold weather.
Read the following paragraph and identify the topic sentence:
Driving in winter can be less problematic if you take a few simple precautionary steps. Firstly, if you are planning to drive on snowy, icy roads, put on snow tires. Secondly, make sure you have enough antifreeze in your radiator. Next, add anti freeze to your windshield washer fluid to avoid the fluid freezing and breaking the container. Finally, carry tire chains, a spray-can to unfreeze door locks, and a windshield scraper in your car when driving in cold weather.
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Solution
The correct option is D Driving in winter can be less problematic if you take a few simple precautionary steps.
Option A - 'Finally, carry tire chains, a spray-can to unfreeze door locks, and a windshield scraper in your car when driving in cold weather.' is incorrect as the sentence talks more about the body of the paragraph and not the topic. Thus option A is incorrect.Option B - 'Firstly, if you are planning to drive on snowy, icy roads, put on snow tires.' is incorrect as this sentence gives a solution to the main topic of the paragraph. Thus option B is incorrect.Option C - 'Driving in winter can be less problematic if you take a few precautionary steps.' is the topic sentence, as the entire paragraph explains what the precautionary steps are. Thus option C is the correct answer.Option D - Option D is incorrect as option C is the correct answer.'Driving in winter can be less problematic if you take a few precautionary steps.'
Option A - 'Finally, carry tire chains, a spray-can to unfreeze door locks, and a windshield scraper in your car when driving in cold weather.' is incorrect as the sentence talks more about the body of the paragraph and not the topic. Thus option A is incorrect.
Option B - 'Firstly, if you are planning to drive on snowy, icy roads, put on snow tires.' is incorrect as this sentence gives a solution to the main topic of the paragraph. Thus option B is incorrect.
Option C - 'Driving in winter can be less problematic if you take a few precautionary steps.' is the topic sentence, as the entire paragraph explains what the precautionary steps are. Thus option C is the correct answer.
Option D - Option D is incorrect as option C is the correct answer.
'Driving in winter can be less problematic if you take a few precautionary steps.'
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