Sentence Openers

In the hallway, we could hear the television.

• Double adjective

• Verb opening

• Fronted adverbial

• Subordinate clause

Shouting his sister's name, Dominic headed out the door.

• Simile

• Verb opening

• Fronted adverbial

• Double adjective

Although swimming is her favourite sport, she rarely gets in the water.

• Verb opening

• Simile

• Fronted adverbial

• Subordinate clause

Warm, sunny days are nice.

• verb opening

• Double adjectives

• Fronted adverbials

• Subordinate clause

Bloodthirsty and brutal, the giants brought themselves to the point of extinction by warring among themselves during the last century.

• Simile

• Verb opening

• Double adjective

• Fronted adverbial

As clean as a whistle, the car sparkled in the sun.

• Fronted adverbial

• Simile

• Verb opening

• Double adjective

Wondering if the snow was cold, he shivered.

• Simile

• Verb opening

• Subordinate clause

• Fronted adverbial

Like a dying flower, she hung her head.

• Double adjectives

• Fronted adverbial

• Verb opening

• Simile

In the distance, Jess called out as loud as she could.

• Simile

• Fronted adverbial

• verb opening

• subordinate clause

If you go to the museum, you will learn something about history.

• Subordinate clause

• Simile

• Double adjectives

• Verb opening