Directions: Read and analyze the paragraph. Then, copy the sentence
that is irrelevant to the given topic.
1. The longest-lived creature in the insect world is the queen termite
(ant). She has been known to live for over 50 years. During that time,
the queen can lay over 30,000 eggs each day. So, in her 50 years
of life, it is possible for her to give birth to half a billion children. Some
termite hills can be over six meters high.
2. for many years, all books were written by hand. Because it took so
long to write one book, there were only a few of them. Most people
could never own a book. Then sometime between 1450 and 1460,
Johannes Gutenberg got the idea of carving separate letters and
moving them to make new words. Gutenberg died at the age of 68.
This was the invention of moveable type. From then on, the numbers
of books printed grew quickly.
3. The solar system is believed to have formed, perhaps 5 billion years
ago, from a spinning cloud of gas called a nebula. As this nebula
Answers & Comments
Answer:
1. Some termite hills can be over six meters high.
2.Gutenberg died at the age of 68.
3.Earth is the third planet from the Sun.
Explanation:
1. Yes, this sentence is irrelevant to the theme of the paragraph, which is:
The life and reproduction of the queen termite.
2.Yes, this sentence is irrelevant to the theme of the paragraph, which is:
The invention of the book.
3.Yes, this sentence is irrelevant to the theme of the paragraph, which is:
The origin of the solar system.
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