1. Ways to begin sentences for variety

2. To + verb To improve your writing, vary your sentence beginnings.
To eat the pie, use a fork.

3. Use a word that starts a phrase of time, place, or condition
After feeling embarrassed, her cheeks turn red.
Before lunch, find a seat.

4. -Ing or –Ed verb
Tired of writing boring stories, she decided to spice up her writing.
Feeling embarrassed yet again, she vowed never to sing up front again.

5. Use an appositive to rename a noun
Musical composer John Williams is well- renowned.
Piano teacher Julia Green teaches her students well.
Always an obedient child, Molly turned off the light and went to bed.

6. Use an adverb -ly
Swiftly the hawk swooped down upon the unsuspecting chickens.
Frantically the chickens tried to get away.

7. Adjective Sad and lonely, the little girl missed her blankie.
Pink and worn, the blankie brought much comfort to the little girl.

8. -Choose 2 -Write 6 versions of each using varied sentence beginnings -You will have to add information
Mrs. Pit went to the store.
Gerald mumbled under his breath.
The coach scolded the players.
The unicorn flew over the field.
The mechanic forgot his tools.