Ten Ways to Begin a Sentence

1. Ten Ways to Begin a Sentence

2. Cats peered from cages. Anxious cats peered from cages. (adj) Unhappily, cats peered from cages. (adv) Eyes wide, ears twitching, cats peered from cages. (absolute) Munching on stale fish, cats peered from cages. (participial) Beneath the glow of a full moon, cats peered from cages. (prep) To watch for prowling rats, cats peered from cages. (inf) As the half moon arose in the dingy sky like a hunk of rancid cheese, cats peered from cages. (adv clause) Suspicious of their surroundings, cats peered from cages. (adv phrase)

3. Create seven different beginningsfor the following: _____________________________ frogs plopped into the pool.

4. Expanding Sentences

5. Rapunzel smiled. Silly Rapunzel smiled. (adj) Rapunzel, the lonely girl in the tower, smiled. (app phrase+prep phrase) Holding the letter in her hand, Rapunzel smiled. (participial phrase) To her own great surprise, Rapunzel smiled. (prep phrase) Rapunzel, who loves frogs, smiled. (adj clause) Her eyes dancing, Rapunzel smiled. (absolute phrase)

6. Rapunzel smiled. Rapunzel smiled a smile that was as large as half a pizza. (adj clause) Rapunzel smiled righteously. (adv) Rapunzel smiled to herself. (prep phrase) Rapunzel smiled to show her approval. (infinitive phrase)

7. Rapunzel smiled. Rapunzel smiled like a frog nabbing a fly. (prep phrase+gerund phrase) Rapunzel smiled, nervously at first, then with growing abandon. (adverbs+prep phrase) Rapunzel smiled while holding her breath. (prep+participial phrase) Rapunzel smiled, then she began blowing up balloons. (advclause+gerund phrase)

8. Rapunzel smiled. Rapunzel smiled more often than her benign captor wanted her to. (adv+adv clause) Rapunzel smiled since she had nothing better to do. (advclause+inf phrase) Rapunzel smiled because she could not contain her joy. (adv clause)

9. Write your own subject and verb. Expand five ways at the beginning and five ways at the end.