Nama : Rindayani Stephanie Gurinda

Nim : 711331120004
Prodi : Sarjana Terapan Gizi dan Dietetika
UTS BAHASA INGGRIS!
Determine Topic and Main Idea in 12 paragraphs!
The Navajo Indians

(1) The Navajo Indians were a very interesting tribe to learn and study about. The things
that interested me the most were their simple lifestyle. They had no electricity, running water, or
indoor plumbing. Life couldn't get much simpler than this!

Topic : The Navajo Indians

Main idea : The Navajo Indians were a very interesting tribe to learn and study about

(2)  Navajo Indians lived in houses called hogans. These houses were made of mud,
wooden poles, and tree bark. Many Navajo today still live in hogans.

Topic : Live place of Navajo Indians.

Main idea : Navajo Indians lived in houses called hogans.

(3) The Pueblo Indians taught the Navajo many skills. They taught them to plant crops,
such as melon, corn, beans, and squash. This is why the Navajo were referred to as farmers,
sheep herders, and laborers. Other skills of the Navajo are sand paintings, jewelry making, and
rug weaving.

Topic : The Pueblo Indians taught the Navajo many skills

Main idea : The Navajo had many skills

(4) The Navajo were warlike. They would sometimes raid other Indians, Mexicans, and
white men. They would steal horses, sheep, and cows. In 1863, Kit Carson marched 400 men
through Canyon de Chelly, the stronghold of the Navajo. Carson and his men killed so much
livestock and destroyed so many crops, that the Navajo begged for peace. Carson gathered the
Navajo and moved them to Fort Sumner in New Mexico. They were held prisoners there until
1867.

Topic : The Navajo were warlike.

Main idea : The Navajo were a warlike people.
    
 Same Looks, Different Personalities

(5) Maya and Melissa are twin sisters. They both have shoulder length brown hair and
they are both 5 feet tall. From this description you might think that the sisters are just alike, but
they are very different.

Topic : Maya and Melissa are twin sisters

Main idea : The twins look alike, but have different personalities.

(6) Maya spends most of her time playing sports. Her favorite sports are baseball and
soccer. She has gone to many championships and won many trophies, and was even said to be
the team's most valuable player.

Topic : Maya's favorite sport

Main idea : Maya loves sports.

(7) Melissa hates sports. She plays the piano and has played in many recitals and has won
many awards. She loves writing and writes some stories for a children's magazine. She has won
many statewide writing contests.

Topic : Meilisa's favorite thing.

Main idea : Melissa hates sports.

(8) Melissa is a good student. She studies a lot and is at the top of her class. She was
valedictorian when she graduated from elementary school. Melissa loves books and reads them
all the time.

Topic : Melissa is a good student.

Main idea : She studies a lot and is at the top of her class.

(9) Maya is outgoing and loud. She is also very humorous. When someone is feeling
down, you could count on Maya to make them laugh. She usually wears jeans, a shirt, and she
wears her hair up in her lucky baseball hat.

Topic : Maya’s character.

Main idea : Maya is outgoing and loud

(10) Melissa is quiet and shy. But she is a good listener. When someone tells her a
problem, she tries to understand how they feel. Melissa wears skirts and sweaters and wears her
hair up in a ponytail.

Topic : Meilissa’s character

Main idea : Melissa is quiet and shy.
     
(11) Indonesia has abundant natural wealth. This natural wealth consists of natural resources that
come from land, sea, and from the bowels of the earth. Natural wealth that comes from land, for
example forest products. Meanwhile, the natural resources that come from the sea are fish,
seaweed and pearls. Meanwhile, natural wealth that comes from the bowels of the earth, for
example, oil, coal, gold, tin, nickel and so on.

Topic : Indonesia's natural wealth.

Main idea : Indonesia has abundant natural wealth.

(12) Indonesia is the largest archipelago country in the world. Indonesia has more than 17,000
islands, of which only about 7,000 are inhabited. Kalimantan, Java, Sulawesi, Sumatra and
Papua are the main islands in Indonesia. In addition, Indonesia also has small islands such as
Bali, Karimunjawa, Gili and Lombok which are both local and international tourist destinations.
The capital city of Indonesia is Jakarta, which is located on the island of Java.

Topic : The largest archipelago country in the world.

Main idea : Indonesia is the largest archipelago country in the world.