Sentence Construction : Concept - Stretch a Sentence

Definition:

• You can stretch a sentence by adding one or more detail to the sentence.
• It can be a word, more than a word, a phrase.
• Stretching a sentence makes the sentence more interesting and helps in giving more information.

Examples:

After stretching the sentence, it becomes:

The boy goes to school by bus.

How Can you Stretch a Sentence?

The best way to stretch a sentence is by adding more details to the sentence. Let’s understand it better with the help of an example.

Examples:

Now, we can stretch this sentence by adding more details to it. Simply, ask questions such as:

So, the final sentence would be as follows:

You can ask the below questions to get more information to write about the things you observe in your surroundings.

Common Mistake:

Don’t write too much many information. It can make your sentence too cluttered.

Examples:

• She had noodles for her breakfast.
•   She had noodles with egg and salad for her breakfast in the morning.