Turning an element into a grid only affects the behavior of its direct descendants.
Final Code
<style>.container{font-size:1.5em;min-height:300px;width:100%;background:LightGray;display:grid;grid-template-columns:auto1fr;grid-template-rows:auto1frauto;grid-gap:10px;grid-template-areas:"advert header""advert content""advert footer";}.item1{background:LightSkyBlue;grid-area:header;}.item2{background:LightSalmon;grid-area:advert;}.item3{background:PaleTurquoise;grid-area:content;/* Only change code below this line */display:grid;grid-template-columns:auto1fr;/* Only change code above this line */}.item4{background:lightpink;grid-area:footer;}.itemOne{background:PaleGreen;}.itemTwo{background:BlanchedAlmond;}</style><divclass="container"><divclass="item1">header</div><divclass="item2">advert</div><divclass="item3"><divclass="itemOne">paragraph1</div><divclass="itemTwo">paragraph2</div></div><divclass="item4">footer</div></div>