Varying Sentence Openers

This is a powerpoint explaining 8 different ways to begin a sentence.

I made this resource to help my students vary their sentences, and help them write more creativly for GCSE Paper 1, Question 5.

We have been working on a dystopian theme, so the sentences on the worksheet are about a dystopian setting/environment.

This includes a powerpoint, a worksheet and a Kahoot that I made to check understanding.

This lesson worked well, and there are more activities that can be done with it, but I find that this was enough for a 1.5 h lesson.

In the powerpoint there are slides explaining each sentence opener type :

• adverb
• when?
• where?
• -ing verb
• -ed verb
• simile
• connective
• How?

There are also answers to 4 of the activities.

In the worksheet there are 5 activities ( PDF and DOX) :

task 1 - Match each sentence opener type with the correct example.
task 2 - Read the paragraph below and identify the types of sentence openers used.
Task 3 - Combine the two sentences below into one, using the specified sentence opener type.
Task 4 - Complete the Sentences with your own sentence opener
Task 5 - Write a short paragraph (4-5 sentences) describing a dystopian scene using the image below. Your paragraph must include at least 4 different sentence openers (e.g., adverb, simile, connective, and -ing verb).

You can ofcoure change the sentences to suit your students.