Direction: Write a concluding sentence for each of the following topic
sentences. Please begin your concluding sentence with a conclusion phrase followed by a comma. 1. There are three advantages for using smart phone. In short, we can perceive that smart phones serve as a useful device contributing to the way our current society functions. – expressing an opinion To sum up, smart phone is a technology that can help you a lot throughout your daily life. – restating the topic sentence To sum up, researching the information, studying, and entertaining are the advantages for using smart phones. – summarizing the main idea 2. You should choose bilingual over monolingual dictionary for three reasons. To sum up, I think using bilingual dictionary is more beneficial than the monolingual one. – expressing an opinion To conclude, we can use different types of dictionaries to serve our needs in our lives. – giving a suggestion In brief, based on the three reasons above, a bilingual dictionary is way much better than a monolingual dictionary. – expressing an opinion 3. There are three amazing places in my hometown. In short, my hometown is one of the most desired place to visit. In conclusion, these are the interesting places to visit in my hometown. 4. Tokyo has four impressive tourist attractions. In short, these are the attractive tourist sites that make Tokyo is a famous destination. To conclude, Tokyo is the best city which have traditional, cultural, historical and entertaining places to visit. 5. Some people don’t like winter for two reasons. In brief, these are a few reasons why people don’t like winter. In short, easily getting illness and having difficulty to go out are why some people don’t like winter. / In short, easily getting illness and having difficulty to go out make people hate winter. 6. There are several reasons why you should use email. To conclude, I think sending an email is more useful than sending a message. To sum up, safe messaging, fast sending and easy using are the usefulness of email. / To sum up, safe messaging, fast sending and easy using are why you should use email. 7. Smoking has three disadvantages. To sum up, I think smoking gives the worst health condition for both smokers and non-smokers. To sum up, smoking can actually cause lots of diseases to our health both physically and mentally. 8. Here are some quick ways to refinish an antique. In conclusion, antiques are the some of the most valuable objects that/ which you should take good cares of. In brief, I think you should follow the above-mentioned steps to take a good care of the antique that/ which is essential for the next generation. In brief, I think the antique should be kept in a good condition for the next generation. In brief, I think you should follow these steps to keep the antique in a good condition for the next generation. 9. Swimming is an activity that requires three conditions. If you know/ have these three conditions, you will be able to swim quite easily. 10. Everybody must have a healthy diet for a few reasons. The reasons mentioned above are why people should eat a healthy diet. Concluding sentence Direction: Write a concluding sentence for each of the following topic sentences. Please begin your concluding sentence with a conclusion phrase followed by a comma. 1. There are three advantages to using a smartphone. To sum up, using smart phones provides a variety of benefits. – restating a topic sentence Indeed, smart phones always have these three benefits when we use it. – restating a topic sentence In short, those benefits make people always want to use the smart phones. 2. You should choose a bilingual over a monolingual dictionary for three reasons. To sum up, a bilingual dictionary provides us more benefits than a monolingual dictionary. – giving opinion/ summarizing the main idea In conclusion, I believe that using bilingual dictionary is much better than using a monolingual dictionary. – giving opinion All in all, a bilingual dictionary will take over a monolingual dictionary some day. – making a prediction/ giving an opinion 3. There are three amazing places in my hometown. In short, my hometown has a few interesting places where people should visit. – offering a suggestion In conclusion, I think my hometown is one of the best places in my country. – expressing an opinion Overall, I think you should visit my hometown at least once. – offering a suggestion/ expressing an opinion 4. Tokyo has four impressive tourist attractions. In conclusion, these four tourist destinations make Tokyo one of the popular city that I have always wished to visit. In short, these are the tourist sites that people like to visit when they are in Tokyo. 5. Some people don’t like winter for two reasons. In short, winter is the worst season among the four seasons. / In short, these two reasons make winter the worst season of all. In brief, those reasons above completely prove that some people consider winter as an awful season. 6. There are several reasons why you should use email. As a result, these are why everyone should email. All in all, email is one of the most useful way to make connection easier. 7. Smoking has three disadvantages. Overall, smoking has several factors that affect your health and people around you. In conclusion, smoking can cause you three serious illnesses if you continue to smoke. In summary, if you want to live longer, you should quit/ stop smoking. On the whole, these three issues should be considered by every smoker if you don’t want to die. / if you want to live longer. In summary, I believe that everyone should quit smoking due to three disadvantages mentioned above. / considering the three disadvantages mentioned above, I believe everyone should quit smoking. 8. Here are some quick ways to refinish an antique. In short, to make an antique more luxurious, we should follow the three ways mentioned above. With that, refinishing an antique is easy. / following the steps above, refinishing an antique is quite easy. 9. Swimming is an activity that requires three conditions. Overall, if you want to swim, you need to know these three conditions. On the whole, to be a professional swimmer requires to know three conditions. In short, these are the three conditions that people need to know in swimming. In brief, in order to swim safely, swimmers must require to know three conditions that have been mentioned. 10. Everybody must have a healthy diet for a few reasons. In conclusion, a healthy diet is essential for people at all ages. All in all, these reasons above completely tell you why you should have a healthy diet.