Topic and Concluding Sentences

About Topic and Concluding Sentences

This free 5th grade practice helps kids learn how paragraphs begin and end. They read a paragraph and choose the best topic sentence or the best concluding sentence. There is no sign-in and nothing to download.

There are 3 levels of 10 questions, moving from easier to harder. A hint appears after two misses, the answer is shown, and kids earn up to 3 stars. Questions change every time.

Skills Practiced

• Choosing a topic sentence that states the main idea
• Choosing a concluding sentence that wraps up the paragraph
• Avoiding sentences that are too narrow, too broad or off-topic
• Reading paragraphs on science, history and daily life