Ambitious Vocabulary
so
first
next
lonely
afraid
because
interesting
exciting
thunderous fearful marvellous
worriedlynervouslyattractive generously
patiently
happiness
bravely
quietly
freezinggigantic
silently
weird
beautiful
awful
enormous
worst
fierce
adventure
accident
magic
joysadness fearshelterbaggage
companion
courageexperience
echo
peakwastelandcontainer
furnishings
robe
sensitively timidly aggressively imaginatively unfortunate
murderous echoing doubtful emotion anxiety longing progress
system communication ingredient vibration prefer nourish
outstanding/ly tender/ly biological/ly formidable outspoken
stern comical
pathetic
dine create adore forbidding yearning speculation
silhouette terrain apparel vision atmosphere
Sentence Openers
The...
My... I...
First... Then...
Next... Last...
Because...
If...
When...
After...
Last time...Also...
Soon...Another thing...
Although... Before... Afterwards...
Eventually...Sometimes...
Often...After a while...
Never... Always... Besides... Before...Even though/if...
Meanwhile... However... In addtion...
An important thing... We always... If/then...
Another thing...
I discovered... Having decided... I actually...
Despite...
Due to...
I felt as...
Before very long...
As time went...
Open with a wide range of sentence openers to keep the reader interested.
Cool Connectives
and
and but
then so
because
if
when
also in addition to contrary to
despitehowevernevertheless so as to
A range of sophisticated ways of connecting thoughts, ideas, phrases
and sentences.
as well aswhilealthough
afterbefore
besides
even though
All the above plus:
All the above plus:
Punctuation Pyramid
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VCOP posters

  • 1.
    Ambitious Vocabulary so first next lonely afraid because interesting exciting thunderous fearfulmarvellous worriedlynervouslyattractive generously patiently happiness bravely quietly freezinggigantic silently weird beautiful awful enormous worst fierce adventure accident magic joysadness fearshelterbaggage companion courageexperience echo peakwastelandcontainer furnishings robe sensitively timidly aggressively imaginatively unfortunate murderous echoing doubtful emotion anxiety longing progress system communication ingredient vibration prefer nourish outstanding/ly tender/ly biological/ly formidable outspoken stern comical pathetic dine create adore forbidding yearning speculation silhouette terrain apparel vision atmosphere
  • 2.
    Sentence Openers The... My... I... First...Then... Next... Last... Because... If... When... After... Last time...Also... Soon...Another thing... Although... Before... Afterwards... Eventually...Sometimes... Often...After a while... Never... Always... Besides... Before...Even though/if... Meanwhile... However... In addtion... An important thing... We always... If/then... Another thing... I discovered... Having decided... I actually... Despite... Due to... I felt as... Before very long... As time went... Open with a wide range of sentence openers to keep the reader interested.
  • 3.
    Cool Connectives and and but thenso because if when also in addition to contrary to despitehowevernevertheless so as to A range of sophisticated ways of connecting thoughts, ideas, phrases and sentences. as well aswhilealthough afterbefore besides even though All the above plus: All the above plus:
  • 4.
    Punctuation Pyramid , . ?, ! ... “ ” : ; ( ) - . . ? . ? , ! , . ? , ! ... “ ”