Use Varied Sentence Openers

Use -ed -ing -ly openers

-ed (adjectives) -ing (verbs) -ly (adverbs)
Tired, Exhausted, Bored, Running, Sprinting, Leaping, Quickly, Swiftly, Suddenly,

Excited, Amused, Enchanted, Hopping, Jumping, Pouncing, Quietly, Silently, Softly,

Scared, Frightened, Terrified, Scuttling, Wandering, Following, Calmly, Courageously, Boldly,

Embarrassed, Alarmed, Trapped, Meandering, Speaking, Screaming, Anxiously, Angrily, Briefly,

Cornered, Agitated, Angered, Shouting, Yawning, Breathing, Hungrily, Happily, Slowly,

Worried, Disappointed, Surprised, Wondering, Crying, Sobbing, Easily, Strangely, Mysteriously,

Tempted, Stunned, Humiliated, Gazing, Looking, Laughing, Spookily, Horrifyingly, Carefully,

Joking,Tempted, Stunned, Terrifyingly,Tempted, Stunned,
Combine -ed, -ing and -ly openers Combine -ing and -ly openers
Feeling tired, Looking quietly disappointed, Sprinting boldly, Meandering mysteriously,
Running scared, Seeming briefly bored, Yawning rudely, Breathing softly,

Use ‘Having’
Fronted adverbials are Having just eaten lunch, Always use a
words or phrases that
Not having much luck, comma after a
describe the action
Having had an amazing time,
fronted adverbial.
(verb) that follows.
Not having had enough time,
 Use connecting adverbs Use prepositional phrases Use similes
Meanwhile, First, Second, Third, Underneath the kitchen table, As cold as ice,
Before, After, Afterwards, Later, Next to the bed, As tall as a double-decker bus,
Besides, However, Furthermore, Beneath the surface of the water, As dark as night,
Beside the old oak tree, As bright as the summer sun,
Use subordinating clauses: At the same time, As white as snowy leopard,
Connecting adverbials On top of her birthday cake, As fast as lightning,
Before I knew it, To the left of his nose, Like a raging bull,
After the film ended, Across the road from our school, Like a shining star,
Later that morning, Either side of the path, Like an Olympic gold medallist,
Besides playing the piano,
Combine with Combine with
However hard they tried,
-ed -ing -ly openers -ed -ing -ly openers
Reading quietly under the covers, Diving as gracefully as a dolphin,
Conjunction openers
Looking sadly out of the window, Swiftly pouncing like a panther,
Although I slept well,
Since it is raining,
Despite feeling upset, Use dialogue
While I was out shopping, Don’t forget inverted
commas
During the night,
If the door opens,