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Study Time

Examine the topic, topic sentence, body and concluding sentence of the
given paragraph. The first sentence is the topic sentence. It incorporates
the main idea of the paragraph. The last sentence is the concluding sen-
tence. It restates the topic sentence.

Pradeep, My Best Friend

Pradeep Adhikari is my best friend for many reasons. Among many good
qualities, his discipline always impresses me. He is self-disciplined. Not
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only in school and with teachers, he is well mannered at home too. His
daily routine is appreciable. The way he dresses up; the way he arranges
things and the way he behaves with others always fascinate me. Also,
he shows respect to parents, elders and relatives. He respects not only
teachers at school but also non teaching staff. Everyone likes his speech.
He is positive towards every situation. If anyone makes a fuss of anything
and blames him, he takes things positively and settles back to being cool
and calm. Moreover, his patience is his ornament. He never gets excited
or afraid of anything. He never worries too much. Similarly he can sing
and dance very well. He can also play different musical instruments too.
The only weakness I think he has is; he cannot say no to anyone. The
interesting part is that he is able to impress everybody by his positive
attitude. However, as nobody can, Pradeep is not capable of making
everybody happy. He is punctual and advises everyone to be so. He always
advises me that I should not be nervous in any difficult situations. In his
view, problems always come with solution. It’s just a matter of unfolding
them. Once we try to unfold the problems, we uncover solutions. Such
views always attracts me. In my view, his helping nature makes him
sympathetic and empathetic towards others. Because of his patience, he
is popular among friends and teachers. He is cool, calm and controlled. In
short, Pradeep is my role model even though he is my contemporary.

Put into Practice

Who has great influence in your life? He/she can be your parents/ siblings/
relatives/ teachers/ friends or a famous personality. Prepare a word web
to describe your role model. Write a paragraph describing him/her and
his/her in/ability. Include the topic, topic sentence, body and concluding
sentence.

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