Sentence Variety

On television I watched the Olympics.

• prepositional phrase
• adverbial clause
• present participial phrase
• inverted sentence

Spotting three tremendous boulders, we stopped to admire the view.

• infinitive phrase
• past participial phrase
• present participial phrase
• inverted appositive

Before he left for the day, Mr. Keene told me I was the best student he'd ever had!

• inverted appositive
• adverb
• adverbial clause
• infinitive phrase

Patient, we got through spring semester with only one day off.

• inverted appositive
• prepositional phrase
• adjective
• adverb

To sit beside each other, Mary and I had to kiss up to the teacher every day.

• past participial phrase
• present participial phrase
• prepositional phrase
• infinitive phrase

Although the military parade was an idea, it never came to fruition.

• past participial phrase
• adverb
• adverbial clause
• prepositional phrase

Led by a specter, we kept up our search for spirits in the graveyard all night.

• past participial phrase
• inverted sentence
• inverted appositive
• inverted sentence

My two favorite teachers, Ms. X and Mr. Y, decided to get married.

• inverted sentence
• infinitive phrase
• prepositional phrase
• inverted appositive

Cold and worn, the bleachers made our legs freeze.

• adverbs
• adjectives
• infinitives
• appositives

However, we won the game despite the odds.

• adjective 
• adverbial clause
• adverb
• prepositional phrase