Expanding Sentences

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The car slid.

The nice car slid slowly into the ravine.

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How has this sentence been expanded? The girl ate pizza. At midnight the hungry girl ate a huge pizza because she had not eaten all day.

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It is important to expand sentences because . . .

• it is graded.

• you will be given a test on it.

• it just is.

• it helps your reader visualize what they are reading.

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The hamster ran.

The hamster ran around the cage.

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How has this sentence been expanded? The hamster ran. The hamster ran because it did not want to be held.

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How has this sentence been expanded? The woman sat. The woman sat patiently.

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