Grammar - Creating sentence beginnings

Begin some sentences with appositive expressions

'The most spectacular mountain in China, Huang Shan Mountain attracts thousands of visitors each year.'
'The hardest decision I’ve had to make this year, I told my son Greg he couldn’t learn French at school this semester.'

Begin some sentences with participles

They can appear alone, in a pair, or with a phrase.

'Whining and crying, the women said goodbye to their husbands.'
'Stricken with grief, Greg left the room convinced that I was a cruel mother.'

Begin some sentences with adverbs

When you use two adverbs to begin a sentence, these adverbs must be
separated in one of the four ways: with a comma, with and, with but, or
with yet.

'Slowly, carefully, we undid our Christmas presents.'
'Loudly and irritably I argued with his teacher about the idea of teaching French to third-graders.'

Begin some sentences with to and a present-tense verb

When to is used with the present-tense verb form, the structure is
called an infinitive. Infinitives can appear alone, in pairs, or with
phrases or modifiers. But often they appear with phrases or modifiers.

'To understand my reaction, you must remember my situation.'
'To appreciate and accept my view, you must agree with me that reading is more important that French.'

Begin some sentences with prepositional phrases

A preposition is a word that signals direction, placement, or
connection. A prepositional phrase is a preposition plus the words that
are functioning with it. To achieve sentence variety, you can begin
some of your sentences with one or more prepositional phrases.

'By my standards, all people should be allowed to vote.'
'For a number of reasons, I think reading is more important that French for third-graders.'