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    Twenty Ways To Begin English Sentences

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    Twenty Ways to Begin English Sentences

    1. Subject alone
    Rachel is studying.

    2. Article and subject The children are playing.

    3. Adjective and subject Small birds flit about the tree.

    4. Adverb before subject Quickly we ran for shelter.

    5. Prepositional phrase first as an adjective In the window, the apples looked larger.

    6. Present participial phrase first Taking a short-cut, the boy soon reached the fair
    grounds.

    7. Past participle phrase first Finished with his lessons, he went to play tennis.

    8. Absolute phrase His work completed, he went to bed.

    9. Infinitive as subject To win was his first consideration.

    10. Gerund as subject Swimming is his favorite sport.

    11. Adverbial clause When the plane landed, the pilot wearily climbed
    out

    12. Postponed subjects There are in that recipe six ingredients.

    13. Noun clause first How he could avoid doing his chores puzzled
    the boy.

    14. Verb first Gone are the people who believed such
    superstitions.

    15. Conjunction first But the last was the best of all!

    16. Object first The veto, the senators acclaimed.

    17. Interjections What! We have no food for lunch! Well, move


    the ball or move the body.

    18. Transitional word In fact, we had to postpone the party. Moreover,


    we hope to have it tomorrow.

    19. Predicate adjective first Calm was the night.

    20. Introductory phrase first In Detroit, weather weighs heavily upon


    everyone.

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