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Introduction to Sentence Openers

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· Nov 2, 2014
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Begin to understand and use different sentence openers in your writing (ages 7 11)

Watch Alex as she explains how different sentence openers can add interesting 'extra' details to your writing. Tutoring Heroes provides families with confidence-building academic support for children aged 7-16. Give your child the boost they need to succeed, with personalised online tutoring. Why choose us? • Building your child’s ...
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· Sep 6, 2022
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Fantastic Sentence Openers for KS2

In this video, Twinkl Teacher James shares some fantastic sentence starters and openers that you can use in your next English lesson to improve your children's sentences. KS2 Sentence Starter Strips Pack: https://www.twinkl.co.uk/l/1g9jpl ISPACED Sentence Openers PowerPoint: https://www.twinkl.co.uk/l/10pzct 0:00 Introduction 0:12 ISPACED ...
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· Sep 29, 2022
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Sentence Starters: Ultimate List to Improve Your Essays and Writing

This full list of sentence starters will help you write your essays with ease. Never get stuck starting a sentence again.
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· Oct 27, 2021
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Sentence Opener Examples Word Mat Pack

Word mats are often used as a supportive tool during independent writing activities. Place these mats where pupils can easily see them, whether that’s on their tables or as part of a working wall to help create varied fronted adverbials and subordinate clauses. Pupils may like to take a look at these word mats to remind them to use a range of ...
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· Sep 19, 2022
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SENTENCE STARTERS - 40 Super Useful Ways To Express Your Personal Point of View | English Phrases

English Sentence Starters - Here are 40 super useful ways to express your personal point of view. Expressing opinions in English. All English phrases spoken by teacher James. 😎 Learn 750 FLUENT English Words - https://youtu.be/RUXg3ot3NEA Learn 150 FLUENT English Phrases - https://youtu.be/7-V4mM60Zds
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· Dec 10, 2021
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150 Story Starters: Creative Opening Lines ( Free Generator)

List of over 150 story starters to help start your stories, plus a generator. Use these sentences to start a story with ease and inspiration.
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· Jun 26, 2022
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15 Powerful Speech Opening Lines (And How to Create Your Own)

Speech openings are meant to grip the audience's attention instantly. These 15 powerful openings will guide you to write your own speech introduction line.
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· Sep 2, 2019
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KS2 Non-Chronological Report Sentence Openers Word Mat

To discover and use lots more exciting English resources, create your own Twinkl account here. A useful way to teach your children about non-chronological reports is to break it up into stages. Firstly, they can study examples of a variety of texts with you as a whole group, in small groups or individually. Reading through the examples, they ...
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· Dec 13, 2020
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Series 3: Lesson 4 - A Sentence Opener - The "ly" Word

Learn how to use the "ly" sentence opener to improve your speaking and writing.
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· May 29, 2023
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Sentence openers – Best KS2 worksheets and resources

Help children improve and vary sentence openers in creative, persuasive and essay writing with these activities, ideas, lessons and more...
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· Nov 17, 2020
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KS1 Non-Fiction Sentence Openers Word Mat

Use this handy resource to give children access to a variety of sentence starters in their non-fiction writing tasks. Easy to download, this lovely word mat can be used multiple times and printed for each of your pupils. Children can easily find appropriate starters for various text types. Split into different columns, the word mat has relevant ...
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· May 26, 2014
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KS1 Star Openers Display Pack

In the English language sentence starters, also often known as sentence openers, can be used as hooks to keep readers keen and eager to continue reading. Support pupils to start including interesting sentence openers in their work by displaying these eye-catching starts in your classroom as part of a working wall for English. With twelve ...
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· Jan 6, 2021
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Prepositional Phrase Sentence Openers

Introduce your key stage 2 pupils to prepositional openers with our fantastic prepositional phrase sentence opener mat. This colourful, eye-catching resource provides a fantastic way to show pupils how sentences can begin with prepositions such as ‘behind’, ‘below’ and ‘over’. Discover our What Is a Prepositional Phrase? Teaching ...
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· Sep 17, 2012
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NAPLAN Sentence Openers Word Mat

Use this sentence openers word mat as a great visual aid during your NAPLAN practice sessions. It is wonderfully illustrated and engaging for your students.
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· Jun 16, 2022
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Using the four types of sentence - English - Learning with BBC Bitesize

A English article on how to use the four types of sentence: statement, question, exclamation, command.
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· Jun 6, 2020
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Fronted Adverbial Openers Word Cards

These fronted adverbial openers cards are a brilliant resource you can use to help your students take their writing to the next level! All of the phrases included on these adverbial opener word cards are designed to start sentences in an interesting and engaging way. They are perfect for adding more complexity to your students' writing and will ...
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· Oct 13, 2011
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KS2 Sentence Starters for Introductions Word Mat

An introduction can make or break a piece of persuasive writing, so it’s important to nail it the first time. Using this fabulous word mat, you can teach your KS2 pupils how to pick the perfect sentence starters for introductions! Our colourful, well-presented word mat is packed with useful openers that key stage 2 pupils can use to start off ...
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· Nov 14, 2020
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-ed Openers Word Mat

Use this -ed openers word mat to encourage your KS2 students to start their sentences in a more detailed and descriptive way. With -ed opener suggestions for building tension, conveying characters' feelings, advancing action and describing settings, it's a great visual aid for all kinds of fictional writing.
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· Aug 15, 2017
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-ly Openers Word Mat

Use this -ly openers word mat to encourage your KS2 students to start their sentences in a more detailed and descriptive way. With -ly opener suggestions for building tension, conveying characters' feelings, adding action and describing settings, it's a great visual aid for all kinds of fictional writing. Examples of -ly sentence openers ...
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· Mar 14, 2022
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-ing Openers Word Mat

Use this -ing openers word mat to encourage your KS2 students to start their sentences in a more detailed and descriptive way. With -ing opener suggestions for building tension, conveying characters' feelings, advancing action and describing settings, it's a great visual aid for all kinds of fictional writing. Inspire children's writing even ...
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· Aug 5, 2013
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How to write a sentence - BBC Bitesize

Sentences help keep our words neat and clear. Learn about the rules of writing sentences in this Bitesize Primary KS2 English guide.
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· Oct 28, 2018
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What is a fronted adverbial? - BBC Bitesize

What are fronted adverbials? When can you use them to replace adverbials? Find out in this primary Bitesize KS2 English guide.
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· Jul 26, 2019
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Fronted Adverbial Examples - KS2 Word Mat List

This Fronted Adverbials word mat is the perfect resource for supporting learning in English classes. Explore this Fronted Adverbials Word Mat and more exciting English resources by creating your very own Twinkl account! Children can use this word mat to familiarise themselves with different types of fronted adverbials, helping them to identify ...
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· Feb 22, 2016
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100+ Great Examples of Sentence Starters to Improve Your Essay Writing in English

Sentences in essays tend to follow certain patterns. Specifically, students in the English-speaking world tend to begin sentences with one of a few dozen phrases. We learn these in school, and you'll see them repeated over and over again. The problem for people learning English is that you probably were never taught these, and you won't find ...
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· Dec 29, 2023
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Prepositional Phrase Sentence Openers

Introduce your key stage 2 pupils to prepositional openers with our fantastic prepositional phrase sentence opener mat. This colourful, eye-catching resource provides a fantastic way to show pupils how sentences can begin with prepositions such as ‘behind’, ‘below’ and ‘over’. Discover our What Is a Prepositional Phrase? Teaching ...
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· Sep 17, 2012
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Writing Boosters: Adverb sentence openers

In this video, I talk about using adverbs to open sentences. This video is aimed at KS2 children.
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· Apr 1, 2020
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KS2 Sentence Starter Strips Pack

These sentence starter strips are a wonderful way to help your students take their writing to the next level! You might like to use these word cards as part of a display or an English learning wall, so your students can refer to them during independent writing tasks. This is a great way to help children to develop early research skills. They ...
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· Nov 3, 2022
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Sentence Starters for KS2

In this video, Twinkl's fantastic sentence starter resources are shown which are perfect to help children begin their sentences in interesting and engaging ways as well as take their writing to the next level using our KS2 Sentence Starter Strips Pack: https://www.twinkl.co.uk/l/1jvxb9. These sentence starter strips are a wonderful way to help ...
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· Sep 13, 2022
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Connectors in English | List of Sentence Connectors in English | Transition Words List

Connectors in English | List of Sentence Connectors in English | Transition Words List For much more: https://englishstudyhere.com/conjunctions/connectors-in-english/
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· Feb 15, 2019
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11 Sentence Building Activities You Can Use with Your Students Today

Learning about sentence structure and putting together clear and complete sentences is essential. These activities can help students.
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· Jun 2, 2022
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KS2 Super Sentence Openers Teaching Pack

Use this Super Sentence Openers KS2 Teaching Pack to encourage your pupils to begin their sentences with super ISPACE openers. This resource includes a detailed PowerPoint, which explains all about adverbials and fronted adverbials and how they can enhance sentences. It also explains what the acronym ISPACE stands for, along with examples for ...
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· Jun 13, 2018
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"ly" adverb sentence opener

Charmingly Mr. Reid shares how to use a "ly" sentence opener.
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· Nov 2, 2016
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4 Sentence Structures You Must Know | Easy Explanation | Learn with Examples

This English video is designed to help you understand the four different sentence structures in the English language. Understanding these will help you with your English writing and spoken English. ♥ Please show your love and support by liking and subscribing to my channel. ♥ * * * * * * * Please * * * * * * * 👍 Like | 📝 Comment ...
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· Jan 31, 2021
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Sentence grammar and sentence structure

Free learning resources for adults to learn about sentence grammar and sentence structure
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· Apr 16, 2024
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Sentence openers and joining words - Spelling, punctuation and grammar: Video playlist - BBC Bitesize

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· Dec 4, 2024
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ISPACED Sentence Openers PowerPoint

Use this PowerPoint to practice sentence openers. Write your own examples or type the examples that children think of on the slides. Great for boosting vocabulary!Tags in this resource:
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· Jul 12, 2013
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Word grammar and connectives

Connective words like 'and', 'so' or 'because' are used to connect phrases together into longer sentences.
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· Apr 23, 2024
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The ly adverb opener - use ly adverbs to start your sentences and create powerful, vivid writing!

This is the first in a series of videos on Sentence Openers: probably THE most powerful tool you can use to create vivid and interesting writing. Added bonus - they are so much fun to use! Please like and subscribe so you don't miss a single hot tip!
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· Mar 8, 2020
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Sentence Openers/ Sentence Starters/ Hook Sentences/ VCOP Creative Writing

Sentence Openers/ Sentence Starters/ Hook Sentences/ VCOP Creative Writing/ Sentence writing is an essential creative writing skill. Children who cannot make sentences cannot write paragraphs or stories. So, before teaching them to write short stories or essays, we must teach them how to write interesting sentences. In this video, you'll find ...
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· Oct 21, 2024
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CREATIVE WRITING LESSONS | Sentence Starters | Live Through Literacy

In this video, you will learn 7 creative ways to teach your students how to start their sentences. Students can use these scaffolded strategies to improve their sentence structure even if they do not know grammatical terms. Check out my online on-demand course for middle level educators, Examining Power and Perspective in the ELA Classroom ...
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· Jan 16, 2021
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How To Vary Your Sentence Types

Discover how to easily improve your writing today by following these 6 simple steps. Many writers fall into the trap of using the same sentence structures, which may cause readers to get bored and disengaged. An easy way to improve your writing is to vary your sentence types by using a variety of structures, such as the burger sentence, the de ...
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· Jun 28, 2020
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Writing Strategies | 6 Ways to Start a Sentence | Sentence Structure | Learn to Write

Know what you want to write but aren't sure where to start? These sentence prompts will help. Remember these 6 openings and you can write anything you want! Subscribe: http://bit.ly/2b6maxS Visit our website: www.nessy.com 'Like' our Facebook page - http://facebook.com/Nessy.Learning Follow us on Twitter! - http://twitter.com/NessyLearning ...
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· Apr 20, 2017
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Preposition | Award Winning Prepositional Phrases Teaching Video | What is a Preposition?

Understanding Prepositional Phrases This video connects the function of a prepositional phrase to the function of complete sentences (subjects and predicates). A prepositional phrase is explained as consisting of a preposition and an object of a preposition. Prepositional phrases provide additional information to make our speaking and writing ...
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· Aug 23, 2019
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How to Start a Speech: The Best (and Worst) Speech Openers

Need ideas on how to start your upcoming speech? Public speaking is listed as Americans' number one fear, before death at number 5, and loneliness at number 7. So most of us are less afraid of dying alone than possibly embarrassing ourselves in front of others. The good news is, I've put together a few tricks to start your speech off right and ...
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· Jul 14, 2020
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Connectors words list, Connector in English grammar

English Connectors words list. Here more than 70 connectors are explained that you can use in English grammar and in daily conversation. #Connectorswordslist #engdic You can Download the pdf of this lesson.👇👇👇👇👇 https://engdic.org/connectors-words-list/
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· Feb 7, 2021
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Participial Phrases | EXAMPLES and HOW to identify them

Participial Phrases | EXAMPLES and HOW to identify them What is a Participial Phrase? What are some examples? How do you identify participial phrases? A participial phrase is a word group that has a participle along with any words that modify it or complete its meaning. Some participial phrases begin sentences (introductory participial phrases ...
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· Nov 8, 2019
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Types of Sentences for Kids | Declarative, Interrogative, Imperative, and Exclamatory

Discover what the four types of sentences are with Oliver, Chloe, Bella, and Elvis, as they take you around the petting zoo. The declarative Oliver never stops making simple statements and doling out information, while the interrogative Chloe has a never-ending list of questions. The imperative Bella can’t stop commanding or requesting, and ...
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· Aug 11, 2021
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Imperative and Exclamatory Sentences (with Activity)

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· Jul 23, 2021
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The Sentences Type Song | MC Grammar 🎤 | Educational Rap Songs for Kids 🎵

Play this song and rap along to learn all about different types of sentences: an exclamatory sentence, a question, a statement and a command. Subscribe for NEW *MC Grammar* educational rap songs every week: https://www.youtube.com/c/MCGrammarTV?sub_confirmation=1 *Lyrics* 🎵 Chorus Hey, class! Let’s learn about the four sentences. Pay ...
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· Apr 15, 2020