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Suis l'exemple de ta sœur.

Suis l'exemple de ta sœur.
Follow your sister's example.
From Lesson 357:Giving examples (tel que)·French

Questions & Answers about Suis l'exemple de ta sœur.

Why does this sentence start with suis? Doesn't that mean "am"?
While je suis means "I am" from the verb être (to be), suis is also the tu form of the verb suivre (to follow) in the imperative (command) mood. Since it is a command, the pronoun tu is dropped, leaving suis to mean "Follow!".
Exemple ends in an -e. Is it a feminine noun?
No, exemple is masculine (un exemple). It is one of the common French nouns that end in -e but remain masculine, making it an important exception to memorize at this level.
The current lesson is about giving examples with tel que. How would I modify this to say "Follow an example such as your sister"?
You would say Suis un exemple tel que ta sœur. Because the phrase modifies the masculine singular noun un exemple, you use the masculine singular form tel que. If it referred to a feminine noun, it would change to telle que.
Why is it de ta sœur instead of à ta sœur to show possession here?
In French, the preposition de is the standard way to show possession or belonging between two nouns, functioning like the apostrophe-s in English ("your sister's example"). You typically only use à for possession when it directly follows the verb être, as in ce livre est à ta sœur (this book is your sister's).

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