Grammar and Language Workbook

322 Grammar and Language Workbook, Grade 6

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Composition

4.When you go out in the pasture, be sure to wear rubber boots. The ground is very soggy

and the little stream is swollen. It is April, after all. varied sentence length, varied sentence

structure

5.Who-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o! I heard the owl call again. unusual sentence for special interest

6.My stomach tells me—oops, there it goes, growling again—that it’s time for lunch.

interruption for emphasis

Exercise 2 Rewrite the paragraph below using effective sentences.

The school bus was racing up the twisty mountain road. There was a tree in the road. It

fell there. It happened suddenly. The tree blocked the path of the bus. Then there was

thunder. Then it began to rain in buckets. Night was falling. The busload of children

wondered what would happen next.

The school bus was racing up the twisty mountain road. Suddenly, it screeched to a halt. A tree had

fallen across the road, blocking the way. As the children stared at the tree, they heard thunder. Rain

came down in buckets. They realized that night was falling. The children had only one thought: what

would happen next?