ntence

SentenceVariety

ntence(noun):agroupofwordsthatexpressathoughtandiscompleteinitlf(startingwith

acapitalletterandendingwithafullstoporquestion/exclamationmark)

variety(noun):thequalityofbeingdifferent;nothavinguniformityorsameness

Doyoureadyourntencesoutloudafteryouwritethem?Itisagood

gthatreadasilyandsoundsconversationalis

talk,wevarythelengthofourntences.

Someofourntencesarelongandexcitingandemtogoonforeveruntil

eshortand

nglishpoetoncesaid,"Varietyisthespiceoflife."

Rememberthisadviceasyouwriteyourstories,essaysandletters.

HowtoaddSentenceVariety

eyourlf

cuttingupantenceintoindividualwordsandplacingtheminapaper

keitup!Didyoudoalittledance?outyour

maketwontencesoutofone?Canyou

putyourntencebacktofront?Tryturningyourntenceintoaquestion.

Or,ifyouthinkyourntenceistooshort,youmaywanttoaddanother

aveareallyimportantpoint,perhapsafamous

rwords,theremaybeaquote

youcanutostrengthenyourwriting.

SentenceTypes

Beforewelookatntencevariety,let'

ntencescontainoneclau.:

ativentence(mostcommon):Theskyisblue.

ogativentence:Whyistheskyblue?

atoryntence:Theskyisbluenow!(Itwasblackjustaminuteago.)

tiventence:Don'tgooutside!(It'spouringrain.)

Moreadvancedtypesofntencesare"compound"(combiningtwontences

withaconjunction)and"complex"(usingatleastonedependentclau

andoneindependentclau).Tocreatethentencesyouneedtoknow

howtouconjunctions,adverbialphras,prespositionalphras,

conditionalsandnounphras.

Simplentences:oeathispizza

first.

Compound:Theboywantedtogooutsidebuthehadtoeathispizzafirst.

Complex:Althoughtheboywantedtogooutside,hehadtoeathispizza

first.

SentencePatterns

Themostcommonntencepatternthatwritersuisntence-verb-object

(SVO).mple:

Theboyatepizza.

Iplaysoccer.

Homeworkisboring.

'splaywiththis

ntence:

Theboyatepizza.

intoaquestion:

Doyouknowwhattheboyate?Pizza.

intoapassiventence:

Thepizzawasdevouredbytheboy.(Youcouldu"eaten"buthere"devoured"givesa

betterreasonforplacingthepizzafirst.)

intoanexclamatoryntence:

Theboyatepizzaagain!

eitwithyournextntence:

Theboywolfeddownthepizzaandthenranoutsidetoplay.

ansitionalphra:

Eventhoughtheboyatethepizza,youcouldtellthathewantedtobeoutside

playing.

ithaparticiple:

Eatingthepizza,theboywatchedhisfriendsplayingoutside.

odifiersindifferentplaces:

Thepizza,whichwasahugepepperonislice,wasdevouredbytheboy.

Wolfingdownhispizza,theboybarelynoticedthepepperonionit.

Theboyatethelargepepperonipizzaasquicklyaspossible.

Althoughhewantedtokeepplaying,theboyrushedinandwolfeddownhispizza

lunch.

Asfastashecould,theboyatethepizza.

SentenceLength

entencesare

eshortntenceswithlongntencestomakeyourwriting

stimportantntencesshouldbeclearand

ptiventencescanhavemorelength,but

youshouldreadthemoutloudtomakesurethattheyflownaturally.

Exampleofaparagraphwithpoorntencelength:

Theboy'

'twanttoeat,edtoplayoutside

withhisfriends.

Examplefix:Theboy'izza.

Eventhoughtheboywashungryandpizzawashisfavouritemeal,hewanted

edthepizzadownandranbackoutside.

Note:Oca

stylistictrickudforemphasis,forexample:

helastdayofsummer.

SentenceVariety:WritingChallenge:

Howmanywayscanyourewrite,expand,reorder,rewordthetenboringntences?

isblue.

Example:

Blueskieslikethemakemyday.

Thereisn'tacloudinthesky.

It'saclearday.

Youwon'tgetafinerdaythantoday.

Theskyisasblueasthea.

Haveyoueverensuchabluesky?

Whatafineday!

k.

chooltomorrow.

issmall.

isbusy.

'snothingtodo.

'scoldinthishou.

'twanttobelate.

9.I'mhungry.

'sWednesday.