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Enhance writing skills by stretching simple sentences like "The dog ran" into detailed and descriptive sentences. Choose a sentence and expand it by answering Who, What size, What color, Where, Why, and more. Ideal for creative writing practice.
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Sentence Stretching Write On Activity
Choose a sentence to stretch. • The dog ran. • A baby cried. • Some men worked. • That lady cleaned. • Our teacher talked. • His dad drove.
Who’s dog? The dog ran.
What size is the dog? ____’s dog ran.
What color is the dog? ____’s ____ dog ran.
Where did the dog run? ____’s ____ _____ dog ran.
Why did the dog run? ____’s ____ _____ dog ran_____.
Which baby? A baby cried.
How did the baby act? A _______baby cried.
When did The baby cry? A ______ _______baby cried.
Why did The baby cry? A ______ _______baby cried _______ .
Well, someone check on it! A ______ _______baby cried _______ because ________.
When did they work? Some men worked.
What kind of men? _____some men worked.
What did they do? _____some ______ men worked.
I’ll bet they were tired! _____some ______ men worked on __________.
That lady cleaned. Which lady?
That _____ lady cleaned. How did she clean?
That _____ lady ______ cleaned. What did she clean?
That _____ lady ______ cleaned _________. I hate housework!
Our teacher talked. Who is he talking to?
Our teacher talked to _______. How did he talk?
Our teacher _____ talked to _______. When did he talk?
_________ our teacher ______talked to _______. Should I be taking notes?
His dad drove. How did he drive?
His dad drove________. When did he drive?
___________ his dad drove________. Where did he drive?
___________ his dad drove________ to ________. Maybe I should offer to drive next time.