Expand a Sentence

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Expand a Sentence

• What are the two essential parts of a sentence?
  
• Every sentence must have these two parts of
  speech.

• Subject noun and verb (predicate)

• Example Bird moved.

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Bird moved.

• How can you make these words more
• specific vivid?

• What kind of bird?

• Write a vivid verb to replace moved.

• Write your own two word sentence.

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• Penguin waddled.

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Swallow swooped.
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Hummingbird hovered.
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Eagle soared.
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What can you add to the Subject noun to make it
more interesting?

• Adjective

• For example
• Portly penguin

• Shy penguin

• Frail penguin

• Angry penguin

• Elderly penguin

• Wise penguin

• Fluffy penguin

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What can you add to the verb to make it more
interesting?

• Adverb (usually add an ly)

• For example
• Portly penguin waddled aimlessly.

• Shy penguin waddled cautiously.

• Frail penguin waddled timidly.

• Angry penguin waddled fearlessly.

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Reptile went.

• How can you make these words more specific
• vivid?

• What kind of reptile?

• Write a vivid verb to replace went.

• Write your own two word sentence.

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What can you add to the Subject noun to make it
more interesting?

• Adjective
• For example
• Menacing rattlesnake slithered.

What can you add to the verb to make it more
interesting?

• Adverb
• For example
• Menacing rattlesnake slithered silently.

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Add a prepositional phrase

• Menacing rattlesnake slithered silently toward
  the
• unsuspecting mouse.

• prepositions

aboard about above across after against along arou
nd before behind
below beneath beside between during into throughou
t toward under upon
This is just a few of the prepositions. See
Write Source text for more.
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Menacing rattlesnake slithered silently toward
the unsuspecting mouse .
Menacing rattlesnake slithered silently into
the picnic basket .
Menacing rattlesnake slithered silently across
Mrs. Hoys foot.
Now write your own prepositional phrase for this
sentence.
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Expand these sentences.

• Lion roared.

Child cried.
Ballerina twirled.
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Rearrange the expanded sentences.
Adjective first
Menacing rattlesnake slithered silently toward
the unsuspecting mouse.
Adverb first
Silently, menacing rattlesnake slithered toward
the unsuspecting mouse.
Prepositional phrase first
Toward the unsuspecting mouse, menacing
rattlesnake slithered silently.
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Expand rearrange a sentence.
Adjective first
Adverb first
Prepositional phrase first