Tuesday, June 15, 2021

Essay sentences

Adverb- describes a verb (e.g quickly) 
Verb- doing word (e.g running)
Preposition- a word that gives location or movement (e.g in, under, on)

The adverb sentence
Start the sentence with an adverb, it adds interest and intrigue
Remember the rule: when you start the sentence with an adverb you need to put a comma after the adverb and then finish the sentence.

Some adverbs...
Slowly, Interestingly, Suddenly, Often, Surprisingly, Simply, Excitedly, Unfortunately,  Fortunately, confusingly, concerningly, remarkably, significantly, firstly,

Example: Surprisingly Mrs Handley was always on time to class. Unfortunately she had forgotten her keys

-Stupidly, she threw the ball to the wrong team.
-Slowly, she made a finish to the race.
-Firstly, she grabbed her maths book.
-Concerningly, he woke up up and his hair looked like a jungle
-Often, she would clean every room in her house
-Interestingly, I walked around the corner

The preposition sentence:
Remember the rule: When you start a sentence with a preposition, you need to put a comma when the movement or positions ends.

In 2013, Hornby High accepted year 7/8 students. 
Throughout my time at school, I have learnt many things.

Preposition: In, throughout, Above, between, below, on, around, near, against, within

-In the class,  there are lots of kids
-Throughout my time at hornby, I have made lots of friends
-On Saturday, I played a netball game and won 15/7
-At school, I did lots of work and was taught how to do algorithms


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