Variety of Sentences Instructions: Below are two ways in which you can add variety of sentence types in your

descriptive writing. Examples have been provided for each technique followed by practice

exercise to help you polish your skills.

1. Sentence Length

One way to add variety to your descriptive writing is to vary the length of sentences within the

same paragraph, otherwise your writing will appear monotonous and boring to read. Avoid using

sentences that are all the same length. Combine short sentences with long sentences to make your

writing flow more naturally. You should read them out loud to make sure that they flow

naturally.

Example of a paragraph with poor sentence length:

The boy's mother called him inside for dinner. The boy ate his pizza. He was very hungry. He

didn't want to eat, though. He wanted to play outside with his friends.

Example of a paragraph with a variety of sentence length:

The boy's mother called him inside for dinner. It was pizza. Even though the boy was hungry and

pizza was his favourite meal, he wanted to stay outside and play. He wolfed the pizza down and

ran back outside.

Change the following two paragraphs into paragraphs with varying sentence lengths:

Paragraph with sentence of same/similar

length

Paragraph with sentence of varying length

The garden was small. It was beautiful. It had

many flowers. The flowers were of different

hues. It also had a fountain. Usually, birds

would gather around it. It was a little world of

colour and spectacle. Paragraph with sentence of same/similar

length

Paragraph with sentence of varying length

I got an acoustic guitar for my birthday. It

was a gift from my friend. It is made of wood.

It has six strings. Its strings are taut and

stretched. An acoustic guitar can be played

anywhere with no electricity. The tone of

acoustic guitar is produced by the strings of

vibration. It's tone is rich and full. I hope I

will learn to play it.

2. Another way to enrich your descriptions is to rewrite, expand, reorder, reword boring

sentences. For example:

The sky is blue.

Example of some ways in which it could be rewritten:

Blue skies like these make my day.

There isn't a cloud in the sky.

It's a clear day.

You won't get a finer day than today.

The sky is as blue as the sea.

Have you ever seen such a blue sky?

What a fine day!

Rewrite/expand/reorder/reword the sentences given below. Rewrite each sentence in 3

different ways.

1. I am sick.

(i).

(ii).

(iii).

2. I have school tomorrow.

(i).

(ii).

(iii).3. My room is small.

(i).

(ii).

(iii).

4. There's nothing to do.

(i).

(ii).

(iii).

5. It's cold in this house.

(i).

(ii).

(iii).

6. I'm hungry.

(i).

(ii).

(iii).
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