Order the paragraphs
Paragraphs can show us the order of events. The first paragraph tells us
what happened first. The last paragraph tells us what happened more
recently. Put the paragraphs for each topic in the right order.
Happy
Birthday
The song was
registered in 1935.
This meant no-one
could use it for profit
without paying
royalties.
What is a
paragraph?
Now we use
computers, we usually
break text into
paragraphs by using a
whole line space.
Nelson Mandela
He went on to be
elected South
Africa’s first black
president in 1994.
‘Happy Birthday to
People using
He was released
You’ was written in
typewriters in the
from prison in 1990.
1893. It was a
twentieth century used
He received the
nursery song called
spaces to indent the
Nobel Peace Prize
‘Good Morning to All’.
start of a paragraph.
in 1993.
These days, films
In the Middle Ages,
tend to use ‘For He’s
printers used a symbol
a Jolly Good Fellow’
called a pilcrow to
so they don’t have to
show where a new
pay for the song.
paragraph would start.
Entry 1 & 2 Worksheet
bbc.co.uk/skillswise
In 1962, Nelson
Mandela was
arrested and given
a life sentence. He
served 27 years in
prison.
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