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.
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.
Penguin waddled.
Swallow swooped.
Hummingbird hovered.
Eagle soared.
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
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.
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.
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.
Add a prepositional phrase
Menacing rattlesnake slithered silently toward the
unsuspecting mouse.
prepositions:
aboard
about
above
across
after
against
along
around
before
behind
below
beneath
beside
between
during
into
throughout
toward
under
upon
This is just a few of
the prepositions.
See Write Source
text for more.
Menacing rattlesnake slithered silently
toward the
unsuspecting mouse .
Menacing rattlesnake slithered silently into the
picnic basket .
Menacing rattlesnake slithered silently across
Mrs. Hoy’s foot.
Now write your own prepositional phrase for this sent
Expand these sentences.
Lion roared.
Child cried.
Ballerina twirled.
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.
Expand & rearrange a sentence.
Adjective first
Adverb first
Prepositional phrase first