Expanding Sentences

What does it mean to EXPAND a sentence?

• give it more details

• make it longer

• make it easier for the reader to visualize

• give it more meaning

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What is one way to expand a sentence?

• add an adjective

• tell who did something

• put some action in the sentence

• add words

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Which are ways to expand a sentence?

• who

• what

• when

• where

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What are ways to expand a sentence?

• why

• how

• who

• what

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How do you make this sentence longer: I have pets.

• I have two, small, white fluffy dogs and a cat that likes to sleep all day.

• I have pets.

• I have 3 pets.

• I have pets.  They are nice.  I like them.

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At the caret mark (^), expand the sentence by placing a predicate:

The wizard folded up the letter with a sigh, ^, ^, and ^.

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Expand the simple sentence into a complex sentence: "She smiled."

• She smiled and waved.

• She smiled because she was happy.

• She smiled, but she was actually sad.

• She smiled; she had good news.

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What is the best way to expand the underlined sentence? I am tired.

• I am tired and going to be early.

• Today was a long day at school.

• After a long day of school, I am tired and going to bed early.

• I am going to bed early tonight.

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What is the expanded form of "she'll"?

• She will

• She had

• She would

• She is

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Which is a way to expand a sentence?

• add an adjective

• add a noun

• add an adverb

• add a verb

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CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

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