SCRAMBLED

SENTENCES
 LESSON 1
- INTRODUCTION TO SCRAMBLED
SENTENCES
 SCRAMBLED SENTENCES
Why are we unscrambling scrambled sentences?

Rearranging scrambled sentences help with:

• Understanding the concept of a complete sentence

• Learning correct word order

• Reinforcing your knowledge of the rule of punctuation and capitilisation

EXAMPLES OF SCRAMBLED SENTENCES
Example 1)apples Tim oranges bought and bananas

Example 2)divided twenty-one equals by seven three

Example 3)away yellow the did bird why

 ACTIVITY: UNSCRAMBLE THESE
SCRAMBLED SENTENCES
Scrambled Complete Sentence
apples Tim oranges bought and bananas Tim bought apples, oranges and bananas.

divided twenty-one equals by seven three Twenty-one divided by three equals seven.

away yellow the did bird why Why did the yellow bird fly away?
LESSON 2
- SCRAMBLED SENTENCES
CONTINUED
 REVISION: UNSCRAMBLE THESE
SCRAMBLED SENTENCES
Scrambled Complete Sentence
apples Tim oranges bought and bananas Tim bought apples, oranges and bananas.

divided twenty-one equals by seven three Twenty-one divided by three equals seven.

away yellow the did bird why Why did the yellow bird fly away?
 ACTIVITY: UNSCRAMBLE THESE
SCRAMBLED SENTENCES
Scrambled Complete Sentence

muscle wasn’t there a his in body ache that didn’t There wasn’t a muscle in his body that didn’t ache.

girls could those fingers slip through faster Those girls could get out of work faster than
grasshoppers than out get of work those your grasshoppers could slip through your fingers.

Momma said back his at you heard yelled what Ellie ‘You heard what Momma said’ Ellie yelled at his
back.
RUN-ON SENTENCES
LESSON 1
- INTRODUCTION TO RUN-ON
SENTENCES
 RUN-ON SENTENCES
What are run-on sentences?
Run-on sentences are sentences that are too long and contain more than one complete idea. These
sentences should often be two or more separate sentences separated by full stops.

Example: Jesse’s family lives on a farm and his mum looks after the house and his dad who works in
Washington and he has four sisters but he is in the middle of them and he has do a lot of chores to do
on the farm to help his mum.
 ACTIVITY: FIX THIS RUN-ON SENTENCE
Example: Jesse’s family lives on a farm and his mum looks after the house and his dad who works in
Washington and he has four sisters but he is in the middle of them and he has do a lot of chores to do
on the farm to help his mum.

Task: turn this one sentence into four complete sentences.

Jesse’s family lives on a farm.
His mum looks after the house and his dad works in Washington.
He has two older sisters and two younger sisters.
Jesse has a lot of chores to do on the farm to help his mum.
 LESSON 2
- RUN-ON SENTENCES CONTINUED
 ACTIVITY: FIX THIS RUN-ON SENTENCE
INTO 4 COMPLETE SENTENCES.

The discovery of gold in New South Wales in 1851 began a series of gold rushes in
colonial Australia and these gold rushes transformed Australia’s population and society
miners from all over the world left their homes and tried to strike it rich on the Australian
goldfields and most were unlucky, but they all helped shape a defining era of Australian
history.

Don’t forget: New sentences need to start with a capital letter and end with a full-stop.
 ACTIVITY: FIX THIS RUN-ON SENTENCE
INTO 4 COMPLETE SENTENCES.

The discovery of gold in New South Wales in 1851 began a series of gold rushes in
colonial Australia. These gold rushes transformed Australia’s population and society.
Miners from all over the world left their homes and tried to strike it rich on the Australian
goldfields. Most were unlucky, but they all helped shape a defining era of Australian
history.
 LESSON 3
- RUN-ON SENTENCES CONTINUED
 ACTIVITY: FIX THIS RUN-ON SENTENCE
INTO 5 COMPLETE SENTENCES.

The gold rushes attracted people from all over the world to Australia they came from the
United States, Germany, France, Hungary, China, and other countries and these
immigrants created incredible population growth the population of Australia grew from
438,000 in 1851 to 1.7 million in 1871 and the gold rush era was also the first time
Australia received large numbers of Chinese immigrants. 

Don’t forget: New sentences need to start with a capital letter and end with a full-stop.
 ACTIVITY: FIX THIS RUN-ON SENTENCE
INTO 5 COMPLETE SENTENCES.

The gold rushes attracted people from all over the world to Australia. They came from the
United States, Germany, France, Hungary, China, and other countries. These immigrants
created incredible population growth. The population of Australia grew from 438,000 in
1851 to 1.7 million in 1871. The gold rush era was also the first time Australia received
large numbers of Chinese immigrants. 

Don’t forget: New sentences need to start with a capital letter and end with a full-stop.