Sentence Structure - 8th grade

The Boston Celtics failed to win the NBA championship this year, but the team has high hopes for the future.

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Because the teacher really wanted his class to succeed, he gave them plenty of time in class to work on their writing.

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The Lie Tree becomes more of a fantasy story in the second half of the book.

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School in the summer is both a challenge and a benefit to me.

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While trying to get in some video game time during the break. she managed to have her lunch and she also called home to say hi.

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While some sentences go on and on, with an endless array of clauses and phrases, others are short.

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This is the last week of the July session, and I cannot wait until Friday.

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Because I could not stop for Death, he kindly stopped for me.

- Emily Dickinson

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Why am I not worried about this test?

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When I finally got to question 10, I breathed a sigh of relief.

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