CREATIVE SENTENCE

STARTERS
STOP BEGINNING YOUR SENTENCES WITH THE SAME WORDS!!!
By Sharifah Nor Azam
 AN EXAMPLE
OF A BORING
PARAGRAPH BEGINNING ●One day, Jebat was walking to school. He
WITH THE SAME WORDS: heard a noise behind him. He turned
EACH SENTENCE BEGINS
WITH ‘HE’. around. He looked to see who was there.
VARY YOUR SENTENCE
He ran quickly to Megat’s house and
BEGINNINGS. THERE ARE knocked on the door. But Megat would not
LOTS OF WAYS TO MAKE
YOUR SENTENCES MORE let him in. He was getting really frightened.
INTERESTING. THE NEXT He kept thumping on the door. He got no
FEW SLIDES ARE SOME
WAYS TOVARY YOUR answer so he ran away.
SENTENCES…..








 1. BEGIN WITH A
VERB (AN ACTION
WORD) ●EXAMPLES OF SENTENCES
BEGINNING WITH VERBS (GERUNDS):
SOME EXAMPLES OF VERBS
ARE:
READ, DRIVE, SCREAM AND ●1. RUNNING WAS THE ONLY WAY TO ESCAPE THE
JOG. ● SAVAGE DOG.
●2. SCREAMING LOUDLY WITH FRUSTRATION, HE
BY ADDING –ING TO THE ● KICKED THE FRONT DOOR OPEN.
VERBS,THEY BECOME ●3. PEEKING FROM BEHIND THE BUSHES, JEBAT SAW
GERUNDS.
● WHO WAS CREEPING BEHIND HIM.
SOME EXAMPLES OF
GERUNDS ARE:
READING, DRIVING,
SCREAMING & JOGGING




















 2. BEGIN WITH AN
INFINITIVE PHRASE
(PHRASES THAT
BEGIN WITH ‘TO’)
BY ADDING ‘TO’ BEFORE
VERBS,THEY BECOME
INFINITIVES.
SOME EXAMPLES OF TO
INFINITIVES ARE:
TO ESCAPE,TO ATTRACT,
TO DISTRACT & TO
PREVENT
●EXAMPLES OF SENTENCES
BEGINNING WITH INFINITIVES:
● 1. TO ESCAPE FROM THE ROBBER, HE SCRAMBLED OUT OF
● HIS BEDROOM WINDOW.
● 2. TO ATTRACT PEOPLE’S ATTENTION TO HELP HER DYING
● MOTHER, SHE SCREAMED FRANTICALLY.
● 3. TO DISTRACT THE TODDLER IN ORDER TO VACINATE HIM,
● THE DOCTOR BLEW SOME SOAP BUBBLES.
● 4. TO PREVENT FURTHER SPREAD OF COVID 19, THE PRIME
● MINISTER SUGGESTED MOVEMENT CONTROL ORDER
(MCO).
 3. BEGIN WITH AN
●EXAMPLES OF SENTENCES
ADJECTIVE (A WORD BEGINNING WITH ADJECTIVES
THAT DESCRIBES A (WORDS THAT DESCRIBE NOUNS):
NOUN)
SOME EXAMPLES OF ●1. TIRED FROM ALL THE RUNNING, JEBAT CRASHED
ADJECTIVES ARE: ● ONTO HIS BED AND FELL ASLEEP IMMEDIATELY.
FRIGHTENED, JUBILANT,TIRED,
ODEDIENT, ENTHUSIASTIC
●2. SHOCKED BY MEGAT’S REFUSAL TO OPEN THE
ETC. ● DOOR, JEBAT KICKED IT OPEN.
●3. FRIGHTENED, JEBAT BOLTED TOWARDS MEGAT’S
ADJECTIVE NOUN ● HOUSE.
TIRED BOY ●4. ENTHUSIASTIC, HE GRABBED HIS NOTEBOOK
FRIGHTENED CHILD
SHOCKED MOTHER ● AND STARTED DRAFTING HIS REPORT ON
WHAT
● HAPPENED.




















 ●EXAMPLES OF SENTENCES
4. START WITH A BEGINNING WITH PREPOSITIONS
PREPOSITION OF PLACE
(PLACE WORDS)
OF PLACE (PLACE WORDS):
EXAMPLES OF ●1. ON THE FLOOR WERE POOLS OF BLOOD BUT
PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE: NO
ON, BESIDE, NEAR, ● DEAD BODY.
BENEATH, OUTSIDE, ●2 UNDER THE TABLE, WAS A FRIGHTENED LITTLE
INSIDE, BELOW, NEAR, ● BOY WHO WITNESSED THE CRIME.
UNDER ETC. ●3. NEAR THE DUMPSITE, A BLOOD SOAKED
● MACHETE WAS FOUND – BELIEVED TO BE THE
● MURDER WEAPON.
















 5. START WITH AN
ADVERB (A WORD ●EXAMPLES OF SENTENCES BEGINNING
THAT DESCRIBES A WITH ADVERBS
VERB - ENDING IN -LY) ● (WORDS THAT DESCRIBE VERBS):
EXAMPLES OF ADVERBS:
● 1.VIOLENTLY, HE BANGED ON THE FRONT DOOR
ANXIOUSLY, HURRIEDLY, ● TO SCARE THE HELPLESS PEOPLE BEHIND IT.
HAPPILY, EXCITEDLY, ●2. EXCITEDLY, HE WAVED TO HIS PARENTS UPON
PATIENTLY, SUSPICIOUSLY
ETC. ● GETTING HIS DIPLOMA AND THEY GAVE HIM
● THE THUMBS UP.
VERBS ADVERBS ●3. HURRIEDLY, HE RAN TOWARDS MEGAT’S HOUSE
WALK ANXIOUSLY ● TO ESCAPE THE PERSON FOLLOWING HIM.
SMILE EXCITEDLY
ACT SUSPICIOUSLY


















 GERUNDS INFINITIVES ADJECTIVES ADVERBS PREPOSITIONS
(NOT ALL VERBS CAN OF PLACE
COME AFTER ‘TO’)
IN ORDER TO BE
ABLE TO BEGIN CRYING TO PROPOSE BEWILDERED EAGERLY IN FRONT OF
WRITING WALKING TO PROMISE GRUMPY INNOCENTLY BELOW
SENTENCES IN
DIFFERENT WAYS, SINGING TO AGREE HELPLESS BOLDLY NEAR
START COLLECTING Fighting TO THREATEN Tired Tiredly On top of
IMPORTANT Struggling TO REFUSE Shocked Curiously Inside of
WORDS. Eating TO TROUBLE Curious Sleepily Far from
Boasting TO PREPARE Sleepy Angrily Inward
Complete the table
with the required Cheering TO ARRANGE Disappointed Mercilessly Behind
words. Chuckling TO SWEAR Dissatisfied Immediately Beside
Smashing TO VOW Angered Thoroughly Next to




 crippling depression.
2. ADJECTIVES 1. Tired from the long day, Umar dove into the embrace of his
bed.
2. Frightened of his former followers, Umar quickly bought
tickets to move to the country they would never suspect,
Andorras.
3. Hungry, not having eaten for days now, Umar fed into his
START temptations and dined at Starbucks to get some form of
sustenance.
WRITING 4. Satisfied, he walked back to his car only to find his tyres
punctured.
SENTENCES 3. ADVERBS 1. Frantically, Umar’s instincts took over and he ran, fearing what
BEGINNING would happen if he was caught.
2. Mercilessly, Mior chased after him, and concussed him with a
WITH THE swing of his wrench.
3. Thoroughly, he got rid of any evidence of the fight, flinging
COLLECTED Umar into his white garbage truck,
4. Strangely, Mior never held Umar in contempt, despite his
WORDS betrayal.
4. PREPOSITIONS 1. In the back of truck, Umar awoke, finding himself shackled.
2. Throughout the trip, Mior reminisced of his memories with
Umar.
3. In spite of his sense of duty to his fellow believers, his resolve
was wavering
4. In the back of his mind, his inner turmoil persisted until he
finally reached his destination, Surau Al-Sakinah.

BORING PARAGRAPH:
One day, Jebat was walking to
school. He heard a noise
behind him. He turned around.
He looked to see who was
there. He ran quickly to
Megat’s house and knocked
on the door. But Megat would
not let him in. He was getting
really frightened. He kept
thumping on the door. He got
no answer so he ran away.
●A BETTER PARAGRAPH:
●(WITH A VARIETY OF SENTENCE STRUCTURES)
●Walking to school at 6.30 am, Jebat whistled happily. It was
the day his final exam results would be announced. He
was sure he would ace his exam again. Suddenly, his hair
stood on ends. He had the gut feeling someone creepy was
following him. Turning around, he looked to see who it
was but there was no one around. Frightened, Jebat ran
towards Megat’s house which was close by. At the front
door, Jebat began banging on it. However, no one opened
it. Hearing the sounds of heavy breathing close by, Jebat
screamed. To get out of the situation, he needed to do
something quick. Hysterically, Jebat ran back towards
home. Little did he know that it was Megat who was
following him!
 ●My paragraph:
Now, try writing
● I was in a state of panic. To collect my SPM examination results, I had
your own to be at school by the afternoon. It was dusk. To calm myself, I took a
paragraph about a deep breath and contemplated my next move. Connecting all the
dots, I came to a conclusion. I was confident in my results, the results
scary or happy weren’t going anywhere and I had my teachers number. Impatiently, I
moment in your life typed her number into her phone. It was then I realized. These results
would not only define how competent I was academically, but would
using verbs, adverbs, also determine the course of my life. To determine the best candidates
adjectives, infinitives for a job, employers would look at these results. To get myself into my
dream university, I would need to get top grades in every subject. In
and prepositions at the back of my mind, a thought occurred to me. The writings on a
the beginning of piece of paper could either be my golden legacy, or solidify my
position as just another replaceable cog in this capitalist machine.
sentences. Strengthening my resolve, I called her and she showed me the image,
leaving me shocked.