Sentence variety.

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Sentence variety

What is it? sentence (noun): a group of words that expresses a thought and is complete in itself (starting with a capital letter and ending with a full stop or question/exclamation mark) variety (noun): the quality of being different; not having uniformity or sameness

Make two sentences out of one Make on sentence out of two How to do it Make two sentences out of one Make on sentence out of two Turn it into a question

Declarative sentence (most common): The sky is blue. Sentence types Declarative sentence (most common): The sky is blue. Interrogative sentence: Why is the sky blue? Exclamatory sentence: The sky is blue now! (It was black just a minute ago.) Imperative sentence: Don't go outside! (It's pouring rain.)

Simple, compound, and complex One subject and one verb Compound Combines two sentences (independent clauses) with a comma and a conjunction, OR with a semicolon Complex Uses one independent clause and at least one dependent clause

SVO sentences The boy ate pizza. I play soccer. Homework is boring.

How can we make them more interesting?