IXL | Create varied sentences based on models

Read the model sentence from Alex Garland's The Beach.

Rice paddies need acres of flat, irrigated land, which we simply didn't have, so I knew we couldn't be growing it.

Use the words and phrases to create a new sentence that matches the model.

A mural needs a team of loyal, reliable workers,

this project will be taking a long time

or else it seems

which hopefully we can find,

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Read the model sentence from Cormac McCarthy's All the Pretty Horses.

In the family of Francisco Madero there were thirteen children, and I had many friends among them.

Use the words and phrases to create a new sentence that matches the model.

To the minds

Mars was the ultimate goal,

of the astronauts

and that goal drew them in like gravity

key idea

To make your writing more interesting, try to use a mix of different kinds of sentences. You can get ideas for new kinds of sentences by imitating sentences that you read.

To imitate a model sentence, first look at its form, or pattern. Ask what sorts of words, phrases, and clauses the sentence uses and what order they are in. Then, create a new sentence following the same pattern.

Model sentence:

When I stepped out into the bright sunlight from the darkness of the movie house, I had only two things on my mind: Paul Newman and a ride home.

New sentence:

As long as our secret hideout stayed hidden from other people in the deep, deserted forest, we would have our lifelong dream: no parents and plenty of beef jerky.

Both sentences use a subordinating conjunction (when and as long as) to introduce the first clause.

Both sentences use prepositional phrases (into the bright sunlight; from the darkness of the movie house; from other people; and in the deep, deserted forest) to modify parts of the first clause.

Both sentences use a colon (:) to introduce final noun phrases (Paul Newman and a ride home and no parents and plenty of beef jerky).

solution

Look closely at the parts of the model sentence.

In the family of Francisco Madero there were thirteen children, and I had many friends among them.

See how they match the parts of the new sentence.

To the minds of the astronauts Mars was the ultimate goal, and that goal drew them in like gravity.

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