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FULL COLOR INSIDE! Funny Fill-In

MY BACKYARD ADVENTURE

Funny FILL-IN D MY BACKYAR An amazing, fill-in-the-

ADVENTURE adventure storybook,

noun

created by and starring—YOU! Each fill-in-the-blank activity links to the next until you have one continuous, cool story—possibly the wackiest one you’ve ever read!

Zap! What happens when your Genius Awards invention backfires? Find out in this

adjective

adventure!

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How to Play

Funny Fill-In! Love to create amazing stories? Good, because this one stars YOU. Get ready to laugh with all your friends—you can play with as many people as you want! Make sure to keep this book on your shelf. You’ll want to read it again and again!

Are You Ready to Laugh?

• One person picks a story—you can start at the beginning, the middle, or the end of the book.

• Ask a friend to call out a word that the space asks for—noun, verb, or something else—and write it in the blank space. If there’s more than one player, ask the next person to say a word.

Extra points for creativity!

• When all the spaces are filled in, you have your very own Funny Fill-In. Read it out loud for a laugh.

• Want to play by yourself? Just fold over the page and use the cardboard insert at the back as a writing pad. Fill in the blank parts of speech list, and copy your answers into the story.

Fun

Fact!

Make sure you check out the amazing Fun Facts that appear on every page!

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Parts of

Speech To play the game, you’ll need to know how to form sentences. This list with examples of the parts of speech and other terms will help you get started: Noun: The name of a person, place, thing, or idea Examples: tree, mouth, creature The ocean is full of colorful fish.

Adjective: A word that describes a noun or pronoun Examples: green, lazy, friendly My silly dog won’t stop laughing!

Verb: An action word. In the present tense, a verb often ends in –s or –ing. If the space asks for past tense, changing the vowel or adding a –d or –ed to the end usually will set the sentence in the past.

Examples: swim, hide, plays, running (present tense); biked, rode, jumped (past tense) The giraffe skips across the savanna.

The flower opened after the rain.

Adverb: A word that describes a verb and usually ends in –ly Examples: quickly, lazily, soundlessly Kelley greedily ate all the carrots.

Plural: More than one Examples: mice, telephones, wrenches Why are all the doors closing?

Silly Word or Exclamation: A funny sound, a made-up word, a word you think is totally weird, or a noise someone or something might make Examples: Ouch! No way! Foozleduzzle! Yikes!

“Darn!” shouted Jim. “These cupcakes are sour!”

Specific Words: There are many more ways to make your story hilarious. When asked for something like a number, animal, or body part, write in something you think is especially funny.

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Fun YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK,

your age adjective animal

Fact!

U.S.A., IS THE OLDEST

NATIONAL PARK IN THE WORLD.

noun same animal game food, plural adjective something soft adverb ending in –ly color secret talent noun noun color noun number noun, plural

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Annual

Bonanza

I can’t believe it! It’s finally here! I’ve waited

your age

of this day from the moment I became a member of the when I was just a little

game

fight, and sing

something soft

adjective

part is that I’m finally earning a(n)

, roast

food, plural

adverb ending in –ly color

—oh, and I can’t forget that

noun

Better grab

number

noun, plural

Scout

same animal

, participate in a(n)

adjective

around the campfire. Of course, the best badge for my ability to

color

.

secret talent

Now, first things first—I have to figure out what to pack. Of course I’ll need my my

Scouts

animal

. This is the first year I get to go to the

noun

Bonanza! I can’t wait to play

years and it’s finally here! I’ve been dreaming

and

noun noun

!

, too, just in case. Oh boy, this is going to be the

best weekend ever!

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Fun

noun nickname large number

Fact!

IN THE UNITED STATES ALONE, MORE THAN 40 MILLION PEOPLE GO

CAMPING EACH YEAR.

verb ending in –ing animal, plural adjective noun food adjective noun fruit body part body part, plural adjective food, plural verb noun, plural animal, plural noun

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Bad News

blues B

Brrrrinnngggg! The

rang so loud it made me jump! “I’ll get it!” I called to my mom,

noun

but she had already answered. A few minutes later I came downstairs. “I have bad news, she said. “The bonanza is canceled. It seems that got

races? No all-you-can-eat

food

contests? Not even one

? I looked at Mom and frowned. “Cheer up,

noun

verb ending in –ing

fruit

I have an idea!” she said. “A backyard campout!” I looked at her and rolled my sounds and

verb

noun, plural noun

until the

animal, plural

adjective body part

body part, plural

,” I replied. But then she promised that we could still pop

adjective

staring at a(n)

animal, plural

and destroyed the campsite.” “Noooo!” I cried. My fellow scouts will be so upset! No

adjective noun

large number

,”

nickname

. . “That

food, plural

came home. Guess it’s better than

all weekend.

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friend’s name noun, plural adjective ending in –est

Fun YOU CAN BUY A

Fact!

TENT

SHAPED LIKE THE

R.M.S. TITANIC.

number something expensive room in a house adjective type of tree something found in nature, plural color snack, plural noun location favorite singer noun, plural adjective a profession material body part

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Happy

Campers That afternoon, my fellow scouts started to arrive. Suzy Coolidge was crying and

was throw-

friend’s name

ing a temper tantrum. Boy, were they bummed out. “Come on, guys! Let’s make the best of it!” I said. They dragged their It had

noun, plural number

and tents into the backyard. Suzy’s tent was the rooms, a huge

and gathered a bunch of It wasn’t long before sang “The Old stories while holding a profession

something found in nature, plural

of noun, plural

with a(n)

adjective

location

thing I had ever seen! ! I preferred to be

room in a house type of tree

, pitched my tiny tent,

to make a bed. When I was finished, we built a campfire.

flames were rising from the logs. We roasted

color noun

, and even a(n)

something expensive

more in touch with nature. I chose a spot under a(n)

adjective ending in –est

” by

favorite singer

snack, plural

. After sunset, we told scary

under our chins. Mine was the best. It was about a(n) material

body part

and

adjective

. That scared them, all right!

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Fun INVENTOR Fact! famous astronaut something in the night sky

THOMAS EDISON BUILT

HIS FIRST LABORATORY WHEN HE WAS

TEN YEARS OLD.

noun time of day adjective adjective noun large number something valuable, plural adjective noun verb ending in –s nonsense word verb ending in –ed animal, plural adjective something soft

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The Genius

Awards

Thanks to earning my

famous astronaut

that it was getting late. I looked at my

badge, I could tell by the position of the and saw that it was

noun

something in the night sky

. The

time of day

other scouts and I decided it was time to turn in. We had a big day ahead. We were going to hold our very own

Genius Awards! Each year at the bonanza, everyone brings an invention. The best one

adjective

wins a(n)

adjective

noun

and

large number

something valuable, plural

. Since the

bonanza was canceled we were having our own contest. I had been working on my invention all year, and it was so much better than last year’s winner: a(n) when you say “ “Oh, a(n)

nonsense word

animal, plural something soft

.” I

adjective

verb ending in –ed

,” I whispered. I was too

noun

that

verb ending in –s

into my tent and realized I forgot my pillow.

adjective

to get up. Fortunately there was

nearby, so I used that instead. I closed my eyes and drifted off to sleep.

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