ENGLISH LANGUAGE CENTRE

BASIC ENGLISH WRITING

(FALL 2020)
ASSIGNMENT #3 - TOTAL MARKS: 20
Student Name. Ali Asghar Student Reg. L1F20BBAM0784
Section. S Date. 12-01-2021
Instructions:
· Read the questions carefully
· Attempt all questions
· Plagiarism will result into zero credit
Q1: Read the given paragraph and identify the Topic Sentence, Controlling Idea, Supporting
Details (only two), and Concluding Sentence of the paragraph.
Unlike other metals, people often regard Platinum as a valuable and precious possession, mainly for its
two significant characteristics. Firstly, it carries an attractive and beautiful shine that happens to be
corrosion-resistant. It is owing to this specific property of Platinum that makes it suitable for making
ornamental objects like jewelry, coins, etc. Such products hardly need to be polished over and over
again, and retains its lustrous beauty. For instance, platinum jewels minted decades ago remain in their
original condition even without taking any care over the period of time. Furthermore, Platinum, in the
modern-day times, is increasingly used in various scientific and industrial applications. For example,
dentistry instruments, catalytic converters, lab equipment, electric electrodes and contact, resistance
thermometer, computer hard-disks and thermocouples, etc., are progressively relying on this noble
metal owing to its multifarious properties. The most recent use of platinum in the space sciences has
further increased its importance. In short, Platinum is extremely a prized entity, owing to its multifarious
utility related to ornamental jewelry, scientific and medical fields, and novel domain of space-sciences.

Topic Sentence:
Platinum is a valuable and precious possession.

Controlling Idea:
 It carries an attractive and beautiful shine that happens to be corrosion-resistant.
 The most recent use of platinum in the space sciences has further increased its importance.
 Such products hardly need to be polished over and over again, and retains its lustrous beauty.
For instance, platinum jewels minted decades ago remain in their original condition even
without taking any care over the period of time
 Platinum in the modern-day times is increasingly used in various scientific and industrial
applications.
Supporting Details:
 It is owing to this specific property of Platinum that makes it suitable for making ornamental
objects like jewelry, coins, etc.
 Dentistry instruments, catalytic converters, lab equipment, electric electrodes and contact,
resistance thermometer, computer hard-disks and thermocouples, etc., are progressively relying
on this noble metal owing to its multifarious properties.

Concluding Sentence:
Platinum is incredibly a valued substance inferable from its diverse utility identified with decorative
adornments, logical and clinical fields, and novel area of room sciences.

Q 2: Write a paragraph on any one of the following topics. The paragraph must contain Topic
Sentence, Example Sentence, Analysis Sentence, and Linking Sentence. Also, deconstruct the
same paragraph by labeling the above-mentioned parts.

Prevention is Better than Cure

Prevention is better than cure is a most famous proverb which is a big example to us in our daily life. It
teaches us to maintain a healthy, disciplined, and tension free lifestyle in order to remain away from any
health issue or disease. It is easy to follow prevention methods to be safe from any problem however
cure is a while dangerous for our health as it do not give surety of complete wellness once we get
suffered from some problems. It is much easier for us to prevent the problem from happening than
solving it when happened.

It is good to go to the doctor when we get sick but it is very good when we don’t need to go to the
doctor all around the year. Being healthy is much better than falling sick which is only possible when we
follow prevention methods and be safe. It is very necessary for us to take all the precautionary and
preventive measures in advance and avoid silly mistakes. We should take precautions during the change
of every season so that we may not fall sick. Being indifferent or negligent to our health may definitely
cause illness which may end to the costly cure and perhaps, sometimes impossible to get normal health.

Topic sentence:
Prevention is better than cure

Example sentence:
In our daily life It teaches us to maintain a healthy, disciplined, and tension free lifestyle in order to
remain away from any health issue or disease.

Analysis sentence:
It is good to go to the doctor when we get sick but it is very good when we don’t need to go to the
doctor all around the year.
Linking sentence:
Being healthy is much better than falling sick which is only possible when we follow prevention methods
and be safe.

Concliding sentence:
We should take precautions during the change of every season so that we may not fall sick.