Irrelevant Sentences in Paragraph

In these exercises, identify the irrelevant sentences for each passage. This is a good practice to improve your reading and prepare for major exams such as TOEFL, IELTS, PET, KET...

Subject Exercises:

1. Irrelevant Sentence Exercises 1
2. Irrelevant Sentence Exercises 2
3. Irrelevant Sentence Exercises 3
4. Irrelevant Sentence Exercises 4
5. Irrelevant Sentence Exercises 5
6. Irrelevant Sentence Exercises 6
7. Irrelevant Sentence Exercises 7
8. Irrelevant Sentence Exercises 8

ENGLISH LEVELS FOR THESE EXERCISES
ILSC Level	I3 - I4
Canadian Language Benchmark	7-8
Common European Framework	B2
Cambridge Main Suit	FCE
Cambridge Business	BEC - Vantage
IELTS	5-6
TOEFL IBT	35-59
TOEFL ITP	415 - 500
TOEIC®	627 - 750

See the different types of reading exercises in order of increasing difficulty.

Other Reading Activities
1. Dialogue Completion Exercises 2. Beginners ESL Reading 3. Sentence Completion Exercises 4. Find the Closest in Meaning 5. Identify the Irrelevant Sentence 6. Paragraph Completion Exercise 7. Reading Comprehension Worksheets See Everyday Dialogue Examples

Read the following passages and find the irrelevant sentences in each paragraph.

1. Garfield

(I)Garfield is a comic strip featuring the cat Garfield, the pet dog Odie, and their socially inept owner Jon Arbuckle. (II) The main character is Garfield, who is a lazy, overweight, orange cat. (III) He considers himself to be more intelligent than humans or dogs. (IV) He was named Garfield after his grandfather. (V) He hates Mondays and loves lasagna apparently.

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2. Alfred Hitchcock

(I) With more than fifty feature films Alfred Hitchcock remains one of the most popular directors of all time. (II) Hitchcock's films draw heavily on both fear and fantasy. (III) He began directing in the United Kingdom. (IV) They often portray innocent people caught up in circumstances beyond their understanding. (V) The movie Rebecca, which evokes the fears of a young bride, is a good example of this.

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3. Doping

(I) Doping is the use of drugs to try to improve sports performance. (II) This practice is banned by sports federations throughout the world. (III) Athletes need to know which substances are banned in sport. (IV) The use of drugs during athletic festivals is evident. (V) Furthermore, they must make sure that any product or medication they take does not contain a prohibited substance.

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