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Let's make an interesting sentence.
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Unjumble this sentence by putting the words in order.
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the cat on sat The mat
The cat sat on the mat.
Yawn! This sentence is definitely dull.

Let's see if we can make it more lively.

Move different words into the sentence
to make it more interesting.

Try out all the words!

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The cat sat on the mat.
The cat sat   on the mat.
fancy drenched striped ancient robotic irritably sleepily cheerfully miserably proudly Back

That's much better!

Compare the boring old sentence to your
lively new one.

The cat sat on the mat.
The fancy cat sat irritably on
the drenched mat.
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Here is another sentence.

Try out different words to make
it more interesting.

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The fish swam in the bowl.
The fish swam   in the bowl.
grubby magnificent fearsome triangular shiny speedily lazily gracefully clumsily pathetically Back

What an amazing change!

Look how the words you added improve
the sentence.

The fish swam in the bowl.
The grubby fish swam
pathetically in the magnificent
bowl.
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Can you use these sentences to make a story
that begins with the cat and ends with the fish?

Write the middle of your story in the
space below.

The mechanical boy walked confidently on the rough beach.
The dripping girl thoughtfully built an artistic sandcastle.
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Wow! Compare your new story to
the sentences below.

Your version is much more
imaginative!
What you started with ...
Your new story!
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The cat sat on the mat.
The fish swam in the bowl.

The fancy cat sat irritably on the drenched mat. utut The grubby fish swam clumsily in the shiny bowl.

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Good work! See how using descriptive words
can make your writing come to life?

Now you can Try more activities about
powerful words.

The splotchy boy walked sadly
on the rough beach. The
artistic girl thoughtfully built a
dripping sandcastle.

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Select Change to replace a word in your
sentence. When you're happy with the
sentence, select Done.

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The cat sat on the mat.
Change Change Change fancy drenched striped ancient robotic irritably miserably cheerfully sleepily proudly

Select Change to replace a word in your
sentence. When you're happy with the
sentence, select Done.

Word bank
The fish swam in the bowl.
Change Change Change grubby magnificent fearsome triangular shiny speedily lazily gracefully clumsily pathetically