Create Sentence Variation Practice

The following paragraphs do not have enough sentence variation. Find ways to combine or re-order some sentences to make the paragraph more interesting. 

Beginners:

1. I have known Jonathan since first grade. He is my best friend. He lived across the street from me until last year. He moved to Burbank last year. I don't get to see him very often anymore. I miss my best friend.

2. Mr. Whiskers in a Burmese cat. Mr. Whiskers is 14 years old. Mr. Whiskers is the fluffiest cat in the world. Mr. Whiskers appeared in our garden one evening after a wind storm. Mr. Whiskers is an amazing cat. I love Mr. Whiskers.

Advanced:

3. The pygmy chameleon is a species of chameleon found in Zimbabwe and Mozambique. It grows from 1.5 to 3 inches long. It feeds on insects. It resembles a leaf on a branch when it is standing still. It has a dorsoventrally flattened head and body with prominent ribs, which make it look flat like a leaf. Its color varies from deep brown to yellowish green. 

4. Rosalind Franklin was an English chemist and X-ray crystallographer. She gook x-ray photographs of DNA strands that helped us discover DNA's double helical structure. She was not credited with this discovery in her lifetime. Other scientists, Francis Crick and James Waston, were credited with the discovery of the structure of DNA.