This morning P7 were learning to ‘up-level’ sentences by adding adjectives, adverbs and extra information to make them more interesting. Here are some of the sentences we up-levelled:
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Original sentence: ‘A policeman arrived.’
A jolly policeman arrived mysteriously.
An angry policeman stormed loudly through the station.
An angry policeman stormed around the station quickly, waiting for the suspect to come.
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Original sentence: ‘A light flashed.’
A bright light flashed quickly.
A blinding beam of light flashed violently through the misty trees.
A huge white light flashed fiercely in the forest, warding off strangers.
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Original sentence: ‘A man shouted.’
A strange man screamed vigorously.
A strange man yelled loudly as he fell over.
A strange man shouted loudly as he fell on his face, while getting struck by lightning!
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Original sentence: ‘A lion roared.’
The fierce lion roared ferociously.
The gargantuan lion roared ferociously while scoffing his scrumptious prey.
A scary lion roared fiercely in the plains of Africa, to frighten off tourists.
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