Varying Sentence Beginning

1. Rewrite each sentence changing the beginning as specified in parentheses.

Modern car engines can be confusing for anyone who does not know the cars.

(Begin with a prepositional Phrase)

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• Know not much about cars, modern car engines can be confusing.

• Luckily, for anyone who does not know the cars, modern car engines can be confusing.

• For anyone who does not know the cars, modern car engines can be confusing.

2. Rewrite each sentence changing the beginning as specified in parentheses.

When you are planning a big project like this, you need lots of advice.

(Begin with an infinitive)

• no change

• Planning a big project like this, you need lots of advice.

• To plan a big project like this, you need lots of advice.

• You need lots of advice when you plan a big project like this.

3. Rewrite each sentence changing the beginning as specified in parentheses.

I thankfully passed my sincere gratitude to my manager.

(Begin with an adverb)

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• Thankfully, I passed my sincere gratitude to my manager..

• To my manager, I thankfully passed my sincere gratitude.

• I passed thankfully my sincere gratitude to my manager..

4. Rewrite each sentence changing the beginning as specified in parentheses.

I thankfully passed my sincere gratitude to my manager.

(Begin with a prepositional phrase)

• no change

• Thankfully, I passed my sincere gratitude to my manager..

• To my manager, I thankfully passed my sincere gratitude.

• I passed thankfully my sincere gratitude to my manager..

5. Rewrite each sentence changing the beginning as specified in parentheses.

He lost his temper since he does not like waiting for his wife in the car.

(Begin with a gerund.)

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• For his wife in the car, what made him lose his temper is waiting.

• For his wife in the car, waiting made him lose his temper.

• Waiting for his wife in the car made him lose his temper.

6. Rewrite each sentence changing the beginning as specified in parentheses.

Here are the instructions you are looking for.

(reverse the subject-verb order)

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• The instructions you are looking for are here.

• What you are looking for is here.

• You are looking for the instructions are here.

7. Rewrite each sentence changing the beginning as specified in parentheses.

The doctor vaguely walkedout side the room.

(reverse the subject-verb order)

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• Outside the room the doctor vaguley walked.

• Outside the room vaguely walked the doctor.

• Vaguely, the doctor walked outside the room.

8. Rewrite each sentence changing the beginning as specified in parentheses.

The doctor vaguely walked outside the room.

(Begin with a prepositional phrase.)

• no change

• Outside the room the doctor vaguley walked.

• Vaguely walked the doctor outside the room.

• Vaguely, the doctor walked outside the room.

9. Rewrite each sentence changing the beginning as specified in parentheses.

To calmly spend time by the tranquil lake is prefered by the pacified tourists .

(Begin with an infinitive.)

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• The pacified tourists prefer to calmly spend time by the tranquil lake.

• By the tranquil lake, the pacified tourists like to calmly spend time.

• Spending time by the pacified lake is what the pacified tourists prefer.

10. Rewrite each sentence changing the beginning as specified in parentheses.

To calmly spend time by the tranquil lake is prefered by the pacified tourists .

(Begin with a gerund.)

• no change

• The pacified tourists prefer to calmly spend time by the tranquil lake.

• By the tranquil lake, the pacified tourists like to calmly spend time.

• Spending time by the pacified lake is what the pacified tourists prefer.