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To Make Sentence Openers Interesting and Varied

The document provides examples of different types of sentence openers to make writing more varied and interesting, including adverb openers, connective openers, simile openers, and 'ed' and 'ing' clauses. It prompts the reader to think of their own sentence examples using these openers and evaluates their ability to recognize and use different sentence starters.

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To Make Sentence Openers Interesting and Varied

The document provides examples of different types of sentence openers to make writing more varied and interesting, including adverb openers, connective openers, simile openers, and 'ed' and 'ing' clauses. It prompts the reader to think of their own sentence examples using these openers and evaluates their ability to recognize and use different sentence starters.

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To make sentence openers

interesting and varied.


Adverb opener –
fronted adverbial
Remind me, what is an adverb?

Slowly, Roger opened the door.


Carefully, she removed the bandage.
Easily, John answered the questions.

What sentences can you think of that start with an


adverb?
Start with a connective
What’s a connective, again?

While Tom was waiting, the bus arrived.


After dinner, the rain started to pour down.
Suddenly, Peter fell to the floor.
Because she liked chocolate, Amy ate the ice cream
with lashings of chocolate sauce!

What sentences can you think of that start with a


connective?
Simile opener
What’s a simile? Can anyone tell me?

Like a fish, she dived in.


As quick as a flash, the car drove off.
As quiet as a mouse, he entered the darkened room.

What sentences can you think of that start with a


simile?
Use an ‘ed’ clause
Now, what’s a clause?

Surprised by the bang, Nadim halted.


Exhausted by the run, Tim fell over
Delighted by the present, Daisy screamed and
hugged her Granny.

What sentences can you think of that start


with an ‘ed’ clause?
Use an ‘ing’ clause
Uh-oh…another clause…..

Waiting for the others, Mary stared up at the sky.


Laughing at the dog, Tom fell backwards.
Running for home, Tim tripped over.
Listening carefully, we wrote down our answers.

What sentences can you think of that start with an ‘ing’


clause?
Criteria:

Must… I can recognise and start to use


different sentence openers.

Should…
I can recognise and use
different sentences starters.

I can use different sentences


Could… starters to make my writing
more interesting.

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