Expanding Sentences

What are the ways you can expand a sentence?

• a subject and a predicate

• adjective, when, where, how, and why

• Capital letters and punctuation

• add nonsense

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How has this sentence been expanded?

The cat hid.

The fluffy cat hid under the bed because a dog was barking.

• how and when

• when and where

• adjectives

• adjective, where, why

Tags

CCSS.L.5.3A

How was this sentence expanded?

The garden grew vegetables.

Last summer the garden at my grandparent's house grew healthy vegetables .

• nouns

• when, where, and adjectives

• how and adjectives

• why and how

Tags

CCSS.L.5.3A

How was this sentences expanded?

The car slid.

The nice car slid slowly into the ravine.

• adjective, how, where

• when and where

• why and adjective

• how and why

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CCSS.L.5.3A

blue, five, dark, dusty, sour, amazing, healthy

are all examples of :

• nouns

• verbs

• adjectives

• adverbs

cat, house, park, desk, table, spoon, teacher, girl

are all examples of:

• verbs

• nouns

• adjectives

• adverbs

slowly, awkwardly, proudly, quickly, eagerly

are all examples of :

• verbs

• nouns

• adjectives

• adverbs

How has this sentence been expanded?

The girl ate pizza.

At midnight the hungry girl ate a huge pizza because she had not eaten all day.

• when, adjective, and why

• who and when

• where and why

• adjectives

Tags

CCSS.L.5.3A

It is important to expand sentences because . . .

• it is graded.

• you will be given a test on it.

• it just is.

• it helps your reader visualize what they are reading.

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CCSS.L.5.3A

ran, read, walked, laughed, ate, saw, studied

these are all examples of:

• nouns

• verbs

• adjectives

• adverbs