From Bunches of Sentence Fun: Book 2, by R. Larson, 2004, Austin, TX: PRO-ED. Copyright 2004 by PRO-ED, Inc.
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Puzzling Words
A sentence must say something that people can understand. It should never leave readers puzzled.
Check this out: Just before the box arrived with the new computer from Aunt Hazel.
What is the writer saying? What happened just before the box arrived? What is going on here?
Nobody knows because this is not a sentence. Sentences make sense. Sentences communicate
clear ideas to readers who want to know what’s happening.
GO!
Write some sentences
that make sense on the
lines below. For each
sentence, use a subject
from the box and a
an alligator
Mindy
they
my bike
verb from the circle.
Complete the sentence
with your own words.
Use your creativity to
write a clear, complete
message for your
ate
shouted
crawled
flipped
readers. The first
one is done for you.
An alligator crawled onto our picnic table.
1. ______________________________________________________________________
2. ______________________________________________________________________
3. ______________________________________________________________________
4. ______________________________________________________________________
WRITE NOW!
Write a complete sentence about a superhero who saved someone’s life. Write the sentence
on the back of this page.
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Critically Important
Every sentence is important, but
imperative sentences can be
critically important.
Check this out: Get down!
This could be a critically important sentence.
Maybe a duck is zooming toward your head.
You don’t have time to listen to sentences about the history of duck
training or the habits of ducks in the wild. No! All you have time to do
is duck. That’s it. It’s imperative that you get the message immediately.
Imperative sentences are commands. In this kind of sentence, the
subject is not usually written. The subject is the understood “you.”
NOTE: An imperative sentence can end with an exclamation point or a period.
GO!
Read each sentence below. Then, write an imperative sentence related to the information
in the first sentence. NOTE: Use the understood “you” as the subject of each imperative
sentence. The first one is done for you.
1. Why is that bus coming toward us so fast?
Get
out of the way!
________________________________________________________________________
2. There’s a wombat dangling two feet above your head.
________________________________________________________________________
3. Which snake is the poisonous one?
________________________________________________________________________
4. Your snowboard is flying out of control.
________________________________________________________________________
WRITE NOW!
Write a statement about something someone is about to step on. Then, write an imperative
sentence telling the person to be careful. Write the sentences on the back of this page.
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Time Frame
A lot can happen in a sentence. But when can it happen?
Today? Yesterday? Tomorrow? Of course! Sentence
action can happen at any time.
Check this out: The squirrel squeaks. (present tense)
The squirrel squeaked. (past tense)
The squirrel will squeak. (future tense)
None of these squirrel actions are happening at the
same time. You can tell by looking at how the verb
changes. Even though the subject is the same in each
sentence, the verb is different. To turn the present tense
verb into a past tense verb, the s at the end is changed to
ed. The future tense verb is formed by adding “will”
to the plural form of the present tense verb.
GO!
Write the present tense, past tense, and future tense forms of each verb below. NOTE: Use
the singular noun “Mrs. Zulu” as the subject to help you form the tenses of each verb. The
first one is done for you.
squawks
squawked
will squawk
1. squawk ____________________,
____________________,
____________________
2. boost ____________________, ____________________, ____________________
3. chew ____________________, ____________________, ____________________
4. demand ____________________, ____________________, ____________________
5. clean ____________________, ____________________, ____________________
WRITE NOW!
Write three sentences about your favorite Olympic event. Use one of the verbs above in each
sentence. Make the first sentence present tense, the second sentence past tense, and the
third sentence future tense. Write the sentences on the back of this page.
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From Bunches of Sentence Fun: Book 2, by R. Larson, 2004, Austin, TX: PRO-ED. Copyright 2004 by PRO-ED, Inc.
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Quiz: Dialogue
A quiz can give you a glimpse into the future and a quick look at what’s going on right now.
For example, if you make four or five mistakes on a quiz, you will need to stop and review. If
you get everything right, then it’s time to move into the future and learn new concepts and
new writing strategies.
GO!
Decide whether each sentence below is dialogue
or narration. Write D (dialogue) or N (narration)
in the blank next to the sentence. Then,
add the correct punctuation and
capitalization. If a letter should be
capitalized, underline it three times.
1. ________ did you see that giant crab Millie asked
2. ________ Markie was talking about Japanese crabs all day
3. ________ Eli remarked seafood is scary
4. ________ what do you mean Angelina asked
5. ________ seafood has legs and claws and slimy whiskers Wilson responded
6. ________ Paulette told us about the squid boil held at Newburg on Tuesday
7. ________ the judges at the fishing contest shouted at Charlene
8. ________ my teacher said that a squid can grow to be bigger than a boat
9. ________ Cleo said that’s weird
10. ________ Ernie shouted let’s eat
11. ________ Dina mumbled something about dessert
12. ________ let’s have fish eye pie for dessert Lupita suggested
13. ________ I want to go fishing on Saturday announced Alex
14. ________ I want to go too Chandra added
15. ________ no one said another word
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