Sentences may begin with a variety of phrase types. Using the following phrases as the beginning of your sentence, complete the thought. Remember to separate the introductory phrase from the remainder of the sentence with a comma.

For example:
Introductory phrase: While the clerk waited patiently

Completed sentence: While the clerk waited patiently, Sheila and Lynn carefully read the list of ingredients on the cereal package.

1. After fourteen rainy days

2. Dripping from head to toe

3. To annoy me

4. Sounding like a moose

5. In the middle of the garden

6. Hidden behind the curtain

7. To begin the lesson

8. To surprise everyone at the concert

9. Trained to retrieve anything

10. Beside the dying soldier