The common school essay with introduction, main points, and conclusion.
Adding Supporting Sentences
Adding sentences to help support a paragraph’s main idea.
Know Your Topic Sentence
Using a sentence that tells a reader what a paragraph will be about.
Starting a Sentence with a Conditional
Conditionals are ‘if’ phrases. They can be used after main clauses, but are frequently used as openings to sentences. I …
Inserting Relative Clauses
Relative clauses are added clauses that give more information about a subject. Why use relative clauses? Relative clauses can add …
Starting a Sentence with a Preposition Phrase
Starting with a preposition is a simple way of changing the start of a sentence. It adds details to the …
Starting a Sentence with a Sub-clause
A lot of students learn English structures as starting with a main clause (independent clause i.e. something that can be …
Starting a Sentence with Speech
Starting with speech or a quote is quite easy: simply put the words that are said (or quoted). The speech …
Starting a Sentence with a List
It is possible to start a sentence with a list. However, this should only be done occasionally. Punctuation 1: Separating …
Starting a Sentence with a Verb
It is possible to start a sentence with a verb. (note: the verb is often in the present continuous tense, …