0. john, a supervisor at the local factory, receives frequent requests from workers on how to fix the machine they use. what should john do? end of exam a. john should continue to fix the machines himself. b. john should make sure he trains the workers better, including how to fix the machine. c. john should ignore the problem. d. john should tell the workers to figure it out themselves.

B.John should make sure he trains the workers better, including how to fix the machine.

Explanation:

John is a person who is in an important position in the firm. He must consider the opinion of his workers. It could be useful for him, to accept other opinions and find the best solution for the problem. The readers can see that the problem is repeating and workers want to be sold so they can work undisturbed. This problem can be repeating, so John can take time to train the workers to solve the problem alone. He must fix the machine, but also to explain to the workers how to fix the machine without him.

a,b,d are the three sentences that use a reflexive pronoun

quite an interesting way to teach topic sentences, because the answer to this question is the best definition of a topic sentence that one can present, it is as if answering the questions taught you how to do it, this is some real teaching, it is terribly well-done.

the topic sentence in this paragraph is:

topic sentences writers stay on track and keep a paragraph from becoming an aimless collection of sentences about an idea.

which incidentally tells you what a topic sentence should be.