Sentence+Starters

=Good Sentence Fluency:=

Make your writing sound more natural. Make one sentence "fit" better with the next. Make your ideas easier to follow. Make your sentences have more variety. Makes your ideas "flow".

After you've developed and organized your ideas, it's important to work on **sentence fluency**. This is the way you connect your ideas together for your reader, emphasize certain points, and simply make your writing read and sound better. Reading is the best way to improve sentence fluency. In the meantime, the list below might be a good start for you in terms of starting your sentences in different ways.


 * If you want to show:**


 * Sequence:** First, Second, Third.....Next, Then, Finally...
 * Giving Examples:** For example, For instance, Namely, Specifically....
 * If You Want to Empasize:** In fact, Of course, Truly, Indeed...
 * Additional Support or Evidence**: Additionally, Again, Also, Equally important, Further, Furthermore, In addition, Moreover


 * Also Consider Using the Question Words as Sentence Starters:**

1. “What” Words

 * Plural Nouns (Stars dotted the sky.)
 * Number words (Six men stood still.)
 * Size words (Large hills rose into the sky.)
 * Shape words (Round tables filled the tent.)
 * Age ( Young men lined up for miles.)
 * Colour words (Purple flowers poked their noses up through the grass.)
 * Description words (Dainty lace flowed from the collar of the dress.)

2. “When” Words

 * Suddenly *All of a sudden *At that moment
 * Instantly *Soon *All at once
 * In a twinkle *Just then *In a flash/twinkle
 * Later on *Not too long *In a while
 * A short time later *Next *In a few minutes
 * Times of Day (morning, afternoon, evening, night)
 * Seasons (spring, summer, autumn, winter)
 * Time Periods (once upon a time, many years ago, long ago, centuries ago, last week)

3. “How” Words

 * ly** words (example: Quickly, the boy snatched up his ball.)
 * ing** words (example: Soaring, the plane flew into the sky.)

4. “Where” Words
around, above, behind, beneath, below, beside, between, deep, downwards, down, in, inside, into, on, onto, over, passed, through, to, toward, upon, under,

5. “Who” Words
Example One: The little old man limped along. Example Two: The furry creature bounded up to my nose.
 * Titles (Mr. Mrs. Miss Dr.)
 * Descriptions of characters
 * Names of characters (Herbert, the horse, flicked his tail.)
 * Pronouns (I, it, he, her, him, me, my, she, them, they, we)

“ly” Sentence Starter Dictionary
A

accidentally adamantly alternately angrily annually apparently approvingly anxiously assuredly

B

badly barely bashfully bizarrely blindly boastfully boldly bravely briefly brightly busily bumpily

C

calmly carefully carelessly cautiously cheerfully cheerily clearly clumsily compellingly correctly courageously crazily creepily crestfallenly crossly cruelly currently

D

daily daintily decidedly defiantly deliberately doggedly doubtfully

E

easily elegantly eloquently enormously enthusiastically equally evenly eventually

F

faithfully fatally ferociously fiercely firmly fondly foolishly fortunately frankly freely frantically

G

gently gladly gleefully gracefully gratefully gravely greedily grimly

H

happily hastily honestly hopefully hourly humbly hungrily

I

innocently inquisitively irritably

J

jauntily jealously jokingly joyously justly

K

kindly

L

lazily limply lively loosely loudly lovingly lustily

M

madly magnificently mainly mercilessly minutely mirthfully mischievously monthly mortally mostly mysteriously

N

nearly neatly nervously noisily

O

obediently obnoxiously occasionally only

P

painfully patiently perfectly politely poorly powerfully promptly properly punctually

Q

quarterly queerly quickly quietly quirkily

R

rapidly rarely really recklessly regularly reluctantly repeatedly rightfully righteously roughly rudely

S

sadly safely selfishly seriously shakily sharply sheepishly shrilly shyly silently skeptically sleepily slowly smartly smoothly softly solemnly sneakily sneeringly speedily stealthily sternly successfully suddenly surely suspiciously swiftly

T

tenderly thoughtfully tightly tragically tremendously truthfully

U

unexpectedly unusually unconsciously

V

valiantly vehemently victoriously viciously violently vivaciously

W

warmly weakly wearily weekly widely wildly

Y

yearly