Tip of the week

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Tip of the weekProvide some variety

• Vary your sentence openings.
• Use a variety of sentence structures.
• Try inverting sentences occasionally.

1. A few drops of sap eventually began to trickle
into the bucket.
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Tip of the weekProvide some variety

• Vary your sentence openings.
• Use a variety of sentence structures.
• Try inverting sentences occasionally.

2. Edward, dejected and withdrawn, nearly gave up
his search for a job.
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Tip of the weekProvide some variety

• Vary your sentence openings.
• Use a variety of sentence structures.
• Try inverting sentences occasionally.

3. Fishing crews place turtle excluder devices in
fishing nets to protect endangered marine turtles.
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Tip of the weekProvide some variety

• Vary your sentence openings.
• Use a variety of sentence structures.
• Try inverting sentences occasionally.

4. The economy may recover more quickly than
expected if home values climb.
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Tip of the weekProvide some variety

• Vary your sentence openings.
• Use a variety of sentence structures.
• Try inverting sentences occasionally.

5. A pair of black ducks flew over the pond just
as the sun came up.
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Tip of the weekProvide some variety

• Vary your sentence openings.
• Use a variety of sentence structures.
• Try inverting sentences occasionally.

6. John and I, anticipating a peaceful evening,
sat down at the campfire to brew a cup of coffee.
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Tip of the weekProvide some variety

• Vary your sentence openings.
• Use a variety of sentence structures.
• Try inverting sentences occasionally.

7. Sayuri becomes a successful geisha after
growing up desperately poor in Japan.
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Tip of the weekProvide some variety

• Vary your sentence openings.
• Use a variety of sentence structures.
• Try inverting sentences occasionally.

8. The Dust Bowl farmers, looking wearily into
the cameras of US government photographers,
represented the harshest effects of the Great
Depression.
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Tip of the weekProvide some variety

• Vary your sentence openings.
• Use a variety of sentence structures.
• Try inverting sentences occasionally.

9. The exhibits for insects and spiders sit
across the hall from the fossils exhibit.
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Tip of the weekProvide some variety

• Vary your sentence openings.
• Use a variety of sentence structures.
• Try inverting sentences occasionally.

10. Mr. Guo habitually dresses in loose clothing
and canvas shoes for his wushu workout.