Unscrambling Sentences in Order to Study Sentence Parts and Imitate

Unscrambling Sentences in Order to Study Sentence Parts and Imitate

Sentence Parts:

·  words (parts of speech)

·  simple subject, simple predicate, complete subject, complete predicate, compound subjects predicates,

·  phrases and clauses.

How To Unscramble Sentence Parts

1.  Study how the parts of the model sentence are arranged. Notice the kind of word used at the beginning of each part.

2.  Review how each part is different.

3.  Study the scrambled parts and then decide which ones match the part in the model sentence.

4.  Then write the scrambled words into a sentence that matched that pattern in the model sentence. Be sure to imitate the punctuation as well and be sure to capitalize the first word in the sentence.

Model Sentence

Model Sentence (The slash / indicates the beginning of a new sentence part):

When I awoke, /there were snowflakes /on my eyes.

--Charles Portis, True Grit

Parts of the Model Sentence:

When I awoke (clause)

there were snowflakes (clause)

on my eyes (prepositional phrase)

Now, unscramble these word parts to match to pattern of the model sentence. Be sure to match the pattern of the type of sentence part (clause or phrase) and the punctuation used.

In the sky

There was a rainbow

After the rain stopped

Imitation of the Model Sentence:

After the rain stopped, there was a rainbow in the sky.

Introduction to Phrases and Clauses

Phrase—a group of words the work together to describe or modify a verb or a noun/pronoun (they do not have a subject or predicate that work together)

·  in the sky

·  on my eyes

·  barking and growling at each other

·  Covered with mud from the yard

Clause—a group of words in a sentence that have their own subject and predicate.

·  after the rain stopped

·  when I awoke

·  the wild dogs sat on a hill

·  Frodo drew his own sword