IDENTIFYING RELEVANT AND IRRELEVANT INFORMATION

What is relevant and
irrelevant?

This is referring to knowing
what is important and not

important in the text.

Relevant Irrelevant
Relevant information is Irrelevant information is
important and related to NOT directly related to
the topic at hand. the topic, and it is NOT
important to the topic.

All sentences in a paragraph must
directly relate to the purpose of the
topic sentence. All sentences must be

relevant.

Let's try this together........
Can you find the irrelevant sentences

in this paragraph?

Gardens Are Worth the Effort
Gardens are worth the effort due to their usefulness,
economic savings, and environmental impact. Rather than
traveling to a store, I can go to my garden and get fresh
vegetables to use for meals and cooking ingredients. I always
make a complete list of ingredients before I begin cooking. Over
the past few years, I have saved hundreds of dollars by using
the food that my garden produces. I also save gas money by not
travelling to the store. The current economy is a concern to
many. Finally, growing a garden helps the environment by using
our land to produce food and eliminating the bad effects of
cargo trucks for shipping and pesticides. I will continue to enjoy
the positive effects of my garden even though it's hard work.

Gardens Are Worth the Effort Irrelevant
Irrelevant
Gardens are worth the effort due to their
usefulness, economic savings, and environmental
impact. Rather than traveling to a store, I can go to
my garden and get fresh vegetables to use for meals
and cooking ingredients. I always make a complete list
of ingredients before I begin cooking. Over the past
few years, I have saved hundreds of dollars by using
the food that my garden produces. I also save gas
money by not travelling to the store. The current
economy is a concern to many. Finally, growing a
garden helps the environment by using our land to
produce food and eliminating the bad effects of cargo
trucks for shipping and pesticides. I will continue to
enjoy the positive effects of my garden even though
it's hard work.

Watch these videos

1. https://youtu.be/Nn4qRE8uYL8
1. https://youtu.be/ip83dKNIex4

3. https://youtu.be/V9BTN61irvk

Let’s try these
practices

1. http://esl.fis.edu/learners/read/irrelev3.htm

2. https://www.grammarbank.com/irrelevant-
sentences-paragraph.html

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