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Adding sentence variety

Adding sentence variety. A simple sentence. The gorilla smiled. . Now add an adverb. Add an adverb. The gorilla smiled sweetly. . Now add an adverbial phrase. Add an adverbial (fronted) phrase. After dinner, the gorilla smiled sweetly. . Now add an adjectival phrase. Add an noun phrase.

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Adding sentence variety

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  1. Adding sentence variety

  2. A simple sentence The gorilla smiled. Now add an adverb

  3. Add an adverb The gorilla smiled sweetly. Now add an adverbial phrase

  4. Add an adverbial (fronted) phrase After dinner, the gorilla smiled sweetly. Now add an adjectival phrase

  5. Add an noun phrase After dinner, the alarmingly large gorilla smiled sweetly. Now add an embedded subordinate clause

  6. Add an embedded subordinate clause After dinner, the alarmingly large gorilla, wearing a rather natty shirt and a pair of Gucci sunglasses, smiled sweetly. Now add a subordinate clause at the end of the sentence

  7. Add a subordinate clause at the end of the sentence After dinner, the alarmingly large gorilla, wearing a rather natty shirt and a pair of Gucci sunglasses, smiled sweetly, displaying an impressive set of menacing teeth. Now add a semi-colon, followed by a complete sentence

  8. Use a semi-colon, followed by a complete sentence After dinner, the alarmingly large gorilla, wearing a rather natty shirt and a pair of Gucci sunglasses, smiled sweetly, displaying an impressive set of menacing teeth; ‘run’ was my first instinct.

  9. Adverb • Adverbial (fronted) phrase • Noun phrase • Embedded subordinate clause • Subordinate clause (at the end of the sentence) • Semi-colon (followed by a complete sentence) Now your turn! The dinosaur jumped Josh’s nose swelled The feather floated The goldfish gulped The panda danced In your notebook write a sentence using all of the structures shown; label each part of the sentence once you have finished

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