Name Expanding sentences

Clearly Interesting
A sentence may be very simple, but you can make it more interesting by adding adverbs, adjectives, and
prepositional phrases. When you add to a sentence, you expand it.
The kitten ran.
adjectives adverb prepositional phrase

The frightened, little kitten ran quickly under the bed.

Add to each list of adjectives, adverbs, and prepositional phrases

that has been started.
Adjectives Adverbs Prepositional Phrases
lonely calmly over the bridge with my friends
old eagerly through the woods until noon
friendly continuously across the lake of commuters
beautiful frequently out of the building toward the moon
cranky yesterday during rush hour into the water
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Use some of the words and phrases from above to expand each sentence.
1. The baby cried. ____________________________________________________________________
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2. Thousands left. ______________________________________________________________________
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3. The man walked. __________________________________________________________________
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4. The students sat. ____________________________________________________________________
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5. I went. ____________________________________________________________________________
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A complete sentence has two parts. The subject part tells whom or what the sentence is about.
The predicate part tells what the subject is or does. Reread the sentences you expanded. Draw a
line between the subject part and the predicate part.
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