sentence variety

SENTENCE VARIETY

VARIETY OF SENTENCES

SENTENCES

LONGER

WITH JOINING WORDS

WITH DIFFERENT BEGINNINGS

SIMPLE

SIMPLE SENTENCES

• It was raining heavily.• I was frightened.

• I started running fast.

LONGER SENTENCES

• Najihah was not allowed to leave the classroom. The teacher was busy in the office. She had to get permission from the prefect on duty.

• As the teacher was busy in the office, Najihah was not allowed to leave the classroom unless he got the permission of the prefect on duty.

LONGER SENTENCES

• I was on my way home from school. I saw thick black smoke. It was coming from a burning house. I saw people rushing out with their belongings.

• ________ I was on my way home from school, I saw thick black smoke coming from a burning house. People were rushing out with their belongings.

Students’ samples

• As I was on my way home from school, I saw thick black smoke. It was coming from a burning house and I saw people rushing out with their belongings.

• I saw thick black smoke coming from a burning house while I was on my way home from school and I saw people rushing out with their belongings.

LONGER SENTENCES

• I did not know how it started. I was in the kitchen. I was waiting for the soup to boil. I remembered my cat. I let it play at the porch. I went out to have a check. It was gone.

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Students’ samples

• I did not know how it happened because I was in the kitchen while waiting for the soup to boil. Suddenly, I remembered my cat that I let play at the porch. When I went out to have a check, it was gone.

• I did not know how it started. That time, I was in the kitchen waiting for the soup to boil when I suddenly remembered about letting my cat to play at the porch. So, I went out to have a check but unfortunately it had already gone.

SENTENCES VARIETY

• She cried out again and again. He did not hear her.

• ???• I was walking to school yesterday. I saw a black

cat in the drain.• ???

Short sentence

sFast pace Dramatic,

excited

Short Sentences for Action and Excitement

• I sensed that someone was following me. I turned around. There was no one there. Again, I heard a thud of boots. So, I quickened my steps. My heart started beating fast.

Student’s sample 1

• I felt like someone was following me since I left the carnival and went to the toilet. I turned around but there was no one there. My heart started to beat faster and faster. I could feel the adrenaline pumped through my veins.

Student’s sample 2

Longer sentences

Slow pace

Tragic, sad, relaxed

Longer Sentence for Slow-moving Events

• Only an hour ago I had celebrated my twenty-first birthday and now he was gone. I knew that I would never see him again but why was I still waiting for his phone call? I hugged my mother and cried uncontrollably. We will never see him again but the memory of those wonderful times we had would forever be embedded in my mind.

Sentences with Different Beginnings

I pushed him aside and entered the room. I was angry.

________, I pushed him aside and entered the room.

One adverb I pushed him aside

in a rough manner and entered the room. I was angry.

______and _____, I pushed him aside and entered the room.

Two adverbs

- verb-part openers

• I was awakened by the ringing of the telephone. I could not go back to sleep .

• Awakened by the ringing of the telephone, I could not go back to sleep.

Sentences with Different Beginnings

- verb-part openers

• He was terrified by the darkness. He started running as fast as he could.

• Terrified by the darkness, he started running as fast as he could.

Sentences with Different Beginnings

Gerund

• She laughed with joy. She ran towards her mother and hugged her.

• ________ with joy, she ran towards her mother and hugged her.

Sentences with Different Beginnings

Gerund

• She trembled with fear. She escaped from her kidnappers.

• __________ with fear, she escaped from her kidnappers.

Sentences with Different Beginnings

Infinitives

• To ______ with flying colours, you need to put a lot of effort into your studies.

• To ______ the poor is a noble deed.• To ______ far and wide is my brother’s dream.

Sentences with Different Beginnings

Comments?

It was a Monday morning. It was early in the morning. The school was quiet. No one had arrived yet. It was an important day. It was the day of our exams. I was very nervous. I had revised hard. I studied till late night. I was determined to do well.

Comments?

It was early on Monday morning. As no one had arrived yet, the school was quiet. That day was an important day because our exams were starting. I had revised hard, studying till late at night because I was determined to do well. Nevertheless, I was still feeling very nervous.

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Write a story

• A teenager making a decision that he/she regretted on. End with “I really wish I did not do that”

• Best friends who went separate ways to achieve dreams. End with “While our journeys had just begun; our friendship would never end”

You MUST• Use ALL sentence varieties – longer sentences,

sentences with joining words, sentences with different beginnings (gerund, adverb, verb – awakened by…)

• Use VIVID words for verbs – see, hold, look, run, speak (at least 3)

• Underline ALL the FIRST element of sentence variety of its type

• For vivid words, underline ALL