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B CHANGING SENTENCE ORDER
SENTENCE ORDER can often affect the rhythm and flow of your sentences.
There are many ways to change the ORDER of your sentences. You can:
• Begin with the subject: She took the garbage out last night.
• Begin with an adverb: Surprisingly, no one came to the party.
• Begin with a transition word: After the race, I was very tired.
When the mailman came, I went to the door.
Because I was late, I missed the bus.
If I try hard, I will succeed.
EXAMPLE Look at the following sentences.They start in several different ways.
Starts with “I” ➔ I went to the beach this summer.
Starts with the time ➔ This summer, I went to the beach.
Starts with the place ➔ The beach is where I went this summer.
YOUR
TURN Change the ORDER of the sentence below, according to the
questions asked.
Who bought the shoes? ➔ bought a brand new pair of shoes
yesterday.
What was bought? ➔ are what I bought yesterday.
When was it bought? ➔ , I bought a brand new pair of shoes.
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SENTENCE ORDER can often affect the rhythm and flow of your sentences.
There are many ways to change the ORDER of your sentences. You can:
• Begin with the subject: She took the garbage out last night.
• Begin with an adverb: Surprisingly, no one came to the party.
• Begin with a transition word: After the race, I was very tired.
When the mailman came, I went to the door.
Because I was late, I missed the bus.
If I try hard, I will succeed.
EXAMPLE Look at the following sentences.They start in several different ways.
Starts with “I” ➔ I went to the beach this summer.
Starts with the time ➔ This summer, I went to the beach.
Starts with the place ➔ The beach is where I went this summer.
YOUR
TURN Change the ORDER of the sentence below, according to the
questions asked.
Who bought the shoes? ➔ bought a brand new pair of shoes
yesterday.
What was bought? ➔ are what I bought yesterday.
When was it bought? ➔ , I bought a brand new pair of shoes.
Unit 3. SENTENCE FLUENCY ✷ 33
