Instructions: Read the paragraphs given below and write out a clear topic sentence to each of them.(Answers can be different)

1. The Battle of Adwa was a significant event in Ethiopian history. However, it is an overwhelming defeat and humiliation for Italians’ Army. On the first day of March, 124 years ago, traditional warriors, farmers and pastoralists and women defeated a well-armed Italian army in the northern town of Adwa in Ethiopia. The town of Adwa is located in Northern Tigray, closer to the southern border of Eritrea. The battle between Ethiopia and Italy took place in the mountainous terrain of the area. The outcome of this battle ensured Ethiopia’s independence, making it the only African country never to be colonized. Adwa turned Ethiopia into a symbol of freedom for black people globally. It also led to a change of government in Italy. Adwa still stands as witness to what ordinary Africans can do when they come together as farmers, pastoralists, women and rural people, workers and artists. 2. Some people say that activity-limited students are incapable of doing things like others. Not at all. We all activity limited students can do better than others in the class. You know, what matters is not your activity limitation but what you do about it. If you work hard, you will be what you want to be. That is the way I see things. A blind person can do anything she/he wishes though confronting the challenges needs much more effort than others. In conclusion, I have the belief that the fate of the any activity limited person is in the hands of her/himself. 3. There are a variety of means of transportation in Ethiopia. The common ones are lorries, pack animals, buses, cars, trains and aero planes. Farmers in Ethiopia transport produces to urban people by donkeys or horses and they also buy goods from towns and take to their destination using these animals. Of course, these days, since modern roads have been built in several part of the country, people use cars as means of transportation. Transport promotes trade and contributes to the healthy economic growth. Ethiopia’s means of transportation are not only limited to the ground it also uses air and sea transport to export and import different goods which are important for different purposes. 4.Catherine Ndreba is one of the most successful athletes in Kenya. Catherine Ndreba’s success is also very surprising to many of the sport loving community. She started running at school where she had to train before and after class. After leaving school, she joined the prison service, which allowed her to continue training and running races and it was there that she met her husband. She began her international career in 1995 and the following year won eight out of her thirteen international races. In 1997, took time off to have a baby but she has been running ever since and has achieved even greater international success. In 2000 and 201,she won both the Boston and the Chicago Marathons and set a new world Marathon record. In the 2004 Olympics, she won a silver medal and in the world championships she won gold in 2003 and silver two years later. Ndreba says she owes much of her success to her husband who has supported her throughout the career and has taken much of the responsibility for looking after their children.