Mad-Sad-Glad Libs
The Mermaid goes shopping
The [ __________________ ] mermaid [ _________________ ] towards the [ __________________ ]
feeling adjective
movement verb
negative feeling word
pirate ship, that [ _________________ ] had capsized. Where, she [ ____________________ ]
monster
feeling adverb
wondered, is the [ _______________ ] encrusted treasure chest, filled with [ _______________ ]
noun
something people want
and golden [ _______________ ]s?
type of animal
Her eyes blinked with [ _____________ ] as she darted past skeletons and [ ____________ ]s,
feeling noun
type of weapon
into the ship’s [ _______________ ] interior. Her hair waved like a [ _______________ ] in the
noun
negative feeling word
wind as she entered a [ _______________ ] chamber.
feeling adjective
Suddenly, a [ ______________________ ] tentacle lashed out! Her [ ________________________ ]
negative feeling word
opposite of bored
tail was [ ________________ ]ed by an octopus as big as a [ ________________ ] with a mouth
verb
wild animal
like [ _________________ ]!
celebrity
Twisting with [ __________________ ], the mermaid said her magic spell [ __________________ ]
feeling noun
3 nonsense words
at the eight-armed [ ______________________ ] beast. Gasping with [ _____________________ ],
feeling adjective
feeling noun
after [ ______________________ ] she finally freed herself by swimming into the cave, filled
length of time
with gleaming [ ______________________ ].
expensive objects
Treasure! Hovering [ ______________________ ], the mermaid [ ______________________ ]
positive feeling adjective
wished she’d brought a [ ______________________ ].
type of container
negative feeling adverb
Mad-Sad-Glad Libs
The President Feels Your Pain
President [ ___________________ ] Taylor wakes up [ __________________ ] and nervous about
woman you know
feeling adjective
the day’s upcoming, [ ________________________ ] events. She enjoys being the brave ruler
adjective
of a [ ____________________ ] nation, but the [ ___________________ ] responsibilities fill her
number
adjective
with [ ______________________ ].
feeling noun
1st problem: Education Budget. Should the nation’s richest [ ___________________ ]
number
percent pay more taxes to support the [ ___________________ ] schools? Would the rich
negative feeling adjective
voters be [ _______________ ] or [ _______________ ] if she signed a bill, [ _______________ ]ing
feeling adjective
feeling adjective
verb
them to do this?
2nd problem: Endangered [ ______________________ ] in [ ________________________ ]. The [
type of bird
state or province
________________ ] creature will soon be [ ____________________ ] if the [ _________________ ]
feeling adjective
type of plant
synonym for disappeared
forest is cut for [ _________________ ]. The lumber lobby will be [ _________________ ] if Ms.
noun
negative feeling adjective
President protects it; environmentalist will be [ ______________________ ] if she does not.
more negative feeling adjective
3rd problem: War?! [ __________________ ] fired a [ __________________ ] at her navy’s [
a Nation
type of weapon
______________________ ] yesterday. The public is [ _____________________ ], but divided: [
something that floats
feeling adjective
______________________ ]% want retaliation, [ ______________________ ]% want [
number
number
_____________________ ] negotiation. Ms. President’s own feelings are [ __________________ ].
feeling adjective
feeling adjective
Sigh. Her fingers twitch [ _________________ ]. Her face frowns with [ _____________________ ].
feeling adverb
negative feeling noun
“I need [ ______________________ ] first” she decides. “With two lumps of [ ________________ ]
type of beverage
type of food
and two tablespoons of [ ______________________ ]. That will make me [ _________________ ].”
type of liquid
positive feeling adjective
Mad-Sad-Glad Libs
Alienated in Space!
Astrounat Mark feels [ ___________________ ] as he steps on the [ __________________ ] of his
feeling adjective
part of a vehicle
spaceship, heading to Pluto. His crewmates cheer with [ ________________________ ] as
feeling noun
their [ _______________________ ] nuclear-powered aircraft lifts off at [ ___________________ ]
type of metal
number
miles per hour.
[ ________________________ ]! They scream with [ ________________ ] when they narrowly
Expression of fear
negative feeling noun
miss hitting an asteroid. [ _________________ ]! They [ __________________ ] with amazement
Expression of joy
verb
as they fly [ _________________ ] through the rings of Saturn. [ ____________________ ]! They
Expression of disgust
feeling adverb
hold their [ _______________ ], feeling [ _______________ ], as they [ _______________ ] near the
part of the body
feeling noun
verb
[ _______________ ] gas planet of Neptune.
something smelly
Pluto is now just [ _____________ ] kilometers away and the crew is [ ____________________ ].
number
feeling adjective
But… what’s this? An alien war [ ________________ ] ? Mark’s voice [ ____________________ ]s
verb
type of vehicle
with [ ________________ ] as he thinks about what to say. Are the aliens [ _________________ ]
feeling noun
feeling adjective
or [ _____________________ ]? Are they [ _____________________ ]ing the solar system, that we
feeling adjective
[ _________________ ]?
feeling verb
verb
Mad-Sad-Glad Libs
Shark’s Tale
Latisha shouts [ _________________ ] as her surfboard slides forward. Her [ _______________ ]
feeling adverb
part of the body
pounds with [ _____________________ ] as she stands up, catching the [ ___________________ ]
feeling noun
adjective
wave at [ ____________________ ] Beach. It has been a [ ____________________ ] day.
tropical noun
positive feeling word
Suddenly, her friend [ ________________ ] yells loudly, and a [ _________________ ] lifeguard
feeling adjective
name
on the shore waves his arms [ ________________ ]. Latisha, petrified with [ _______________ ],
negative feeling noun
opposite of calmly
sees the [ ____________________ ] of a shark in her path!
part of a fish’s body
She [ ______________________ ]s hurriedly to avoid the [ ________________________ ]-eating
verb
noun
monster. Her legs are vibrating with [ ____________________ ] but her brain is focused with
negative feeling noun
intense [ _________________ ].
feeling noun
As her surfboard [ ____________________ ]s past, the shark raises its [ _____________________ ]
verb
adjective
head to gaze at Latisha with vacant, [ ______________________________ ] eyes. Mouth open,
feeling adjective
[ ____________________ ]ing with five rows of [ ______________________ ] teeth, it chases her!
negative feeling word
verb
Chomp! The shark [ ___________________ ]s and [ ____________________ ]s the fiberglass tail
verb
verb
of the surfboard. Coughing [ __________________ ], the shark halts, [ ____________________ ].
feeling adverb
feeling adjective
Latisha falls, but lands, [ _________________ ], on the remainder of the board, and is
feeling adverb
carried on the breakers to land on a [ _________________ ]-covered rock.
animal
Mad-Sad-Glad Libs
Friendly Dragon
I feel [ ___________________ ] as I [ _________________ ] across the [ _________________ ]
negative feeling
adjective
verb
drawbridge, over the [ _______________________ ]. The [ _______________________ ] soldiers in
body of water
less than thrilled
[ _______________ ] – skin uniforms salute me, as I run past the Capitol [ _________________ ],
type of building
type of animal
my [ _______________________ ] pounding with [ _______________________ ].
body part
negtaive emotion
Where is Queen [ __________________ ]? I must tell her, with huge [ ___________________ ],
feeling adjective
type of dessert
that the [ __________________ ] Dragons are flying here. General [ ___________________ ]
adjective
famous person
believes the reptiles are dangerous, with their [ ____________________ ]-destroying breath
body part
of [ ______________________ ], but Xiorxiax, our [ _________________________ ] magician, says
type of nationality
food
the [ _________________ ] Dragons are misunderstood; they just want to [ ________________ ]
feeling adjective
verb
with us.
I will [ ________________________ ] with the [ ______________________________ ] Queen, and the
form of communication
negative feeling word
[ ____________________ ] princesses sitting on their [ _____________________ ]. What is our
number
something you sit on
plan? What is the [ ____________________ ] path we should follow?
adjective
My [ ______________________ ] trembles with [ ________________________ ] as I touch the
body part
negative feeling
magic [ ____________________ ] in my pocket, seeking [ ____________________ ] advice. I am
type of insect
opposite of foolish
the Queen’s [ _____________________ ] Councilor, respected for my [ _____________________ ]
noun
noun
and [ _________________ ]. But the magic does not [ _________________ ]!
feeling noun
verb
Alas! [ ______________________ ]! Today, my brain is [ ________________________ ].
negative exclamation
negative feeling adjective
Mad-Sad-Glad Libs
The Cowboys
On the [ _____________________ ] Texas plains, a posse of [ _____________________ ] cowboys
feeling adjective
feeling adjective
[ _________________ ] the lanky Longhorns down a [ _______________________ ] trail.
adjective
verb
Suddenly, under a crooked tree, a [ _______________________ ] rattlesnake wakes up and
high energy feeling adjective
shakes its tail, [ _______________ ]ing the herd. The cattle gallop [ _________________ ]
feeling verb
feeling verb
towards a cliff that plunges [ ___________________ ] feet into the [ _________________ ] River.
noun
number
“Stampede!” yells Buckskin Bob, the [ ________________________ ] cowboy, this voice full of
adjective
[ ___________________ ]. Waving his lasso, he ropes the [ __________________ ] bull, forcing it
feeling noun
feeling adjective
into a [ _______________________ ] halt. “[ ______________________ ]”! cheer the other cowboys
Exclamation
negative feeling adjective
[ ______________________ ], as the [ _________________________ ] other Longhorns pause,
number
feeling adverb
panting [ ______________________ ].
feeling adverb
The [ _______________________ ] rattlesnake slithers [ ______________________ _ ] back into the
negative feeling adjective
adverb
[ ___________________ ] ground. The [ _____________________ ] prairie dogs nearby chirp with
adjective
positive feeling adjective
congratulations. The [ _______________________ ] cowboys make camp for dinner, yodeling
feeling adjective
[ __________________ ] at the full moon as they [ _________________ ] eat [ __________________ ]
feeling adverb
feeling adverb
type of food
and drink [ __________________ ].
type of beverage
The cowboys are [ __________________ ] no [ _________________ ] cattle were [ ______________ ]
feeling adjective
adjective
verb
ed today. Only [ _____________________ ] miles to go to prosperous [ _____________________ ].
number
nearby city
Hopefully, they can avoid the [ _________________ ] rustlers in the next mountain range,
adjective
led by the [ _________________ ] villain: One- [ ______________________ ]ed Pete.
adjective
body part