Practice with Syntax Variations: Adding Voice to your writing
Complex Sentences
1. I might consider going out with you if you would ever give me a chance.
2. I plan to become an engineer after graduating from college.
3. I eventually acquiesced to her request despite strongly expostulating with her.
4. Write your own using this syntactical variation.
Prepositional Phrases
5. The snow and sleet were coming down in buckets outside the window.
6. His pink polka dotted boxers were visible underneath his shorts.
7. I fell asleep, dead to the world, near the end of the SAT.
8. Write your own using this syntactical variation.
Out of Place Adjectives
9. I was distraught and searched the entire park for my lost wedding ring. (try it at the beginning)
10. The young and playful puppy nuzzled up against my hand. (try it in the middle)
11. The red-eyed and angry bull moose charged the intruder. (try it at the end)
12. Write your own using this syntactical variation.
Participles (making the verbs –ing, you can put them in different places in the sentence)
13. The kitten’s jaw cracked and tongue curled as she woke herself up.
14. I glanced at the bright digits that glowed on my clock.
15. The snakes no longer looked friendly. Add some participles (like hissing) to the beginning of the
sentence to create urgency.
16. Write your own using this syntactical variation.