1. Creating Loose and Periodic Sentences

2. Methods to Making Loose and Periodic Sentences
Preposing or Postposing the adverbial clause
Preposing or Postposing the adverbial phrase
Preposing or Postposing the participial phrase
Preposing or Postposing the prepositional phrase
Preposing or Postposing the apposition
Preposing or Postposing the adjective or adjective phrase

3. Preposing or Postposing the adverbial clause
Example 1:
Loose ( postposition): The world won’t end even if we fail again and again.
Periodic (preposition): Even if we fail again and again, the world won’t end.
Example 2:
Loose ( postposition):Bill had cleaned the room before Tom returned.
Periodic (preposition):Before Tom returned, Bill had cleaned the room.

4. Preposing or Postposing the adverbial phrase
Example 1:
Loose ( postposition):Bill started to write his composition early in the morning.
Periodic (preposition):Early in the morning, Bill started to write his composition.
Example 2:
Loose ( postposition):We feel much honored to have you come to visit our country.
Periodic (preposition):To have you come to visit our country, we feel much honored.

5. Preposing or Postposing the participial phrase
Example 1
Loose ( postposition): She came up shouldering a spade.
Periodic (preposition):Shouldering a spade, she came up.
Example 2:
Loose ( postposition): He came back, utterly exhausted.
Periodic (preposition): Utterly exhausted, he came back.

6. Preposing or Postposing the prepositional phrase
Example 1:
Loose (postposition):Tom was cutting a piece of metal with great care.
Periodic (preposition):With great care, Tom was cutting a piece of metal.
Example 2:
Loose (postposition): This was done without my knowledge and without my consent.
Periodic (preposition):Without my knowledge and without my consent, this was done.

7. Preposing or Postposing the apposition
Example 1:
Loose (postposition): Tom became fond of Bill, a cheerful, hard-working apprentice.
Periodic (preposition): A cheerful, hard-working apprentice, Tom became fond of Bill.
Example 2:
Loose (postposition): He read all kinds of books, ancient and modern, Chinese and foreign.
Periodic (preposition): Ancient and modern, Chinese and foreign, he read all kinds of books.

8. Preposing or Postposing the adjective or adjective phrase
Example 1:
Loose (postposition): She took down what he said, conscientious and eager.
Periodic (preposition): Conscientious and eager, she took down what he said.
Example 2:
Loose (postposition): Bill was cleaning the lathe full of energy.
Periodic (preposition): Full of energy, Bill was cleaning the lathe.