{"id":8032,"date":"2016-06-28T07:29:48","date_gmt":"2016-06-28T07:29:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dyslexiadaily.com\/blog\/?p=8032"},"modified":"2026-04-27T06:21:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T06:21:25","slug":"hungry-piranha-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dyslexiadaily.com\/blog\/hungry-piranha-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Hungry Piranhas Attack"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here\u2019s another fun 10 minute grammar activity.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/center>The teacher or parent says\u2026\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cComplete sentences must have a subject, a verb and express a complete thought.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/center>
In other words they must make sense.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/center>Here\u2019s where the fun begins\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

I\u2019m going to give you an incomplete sentence part\u2026.<\/span><\/p>\n

Then I\u2019m going to add more to it, to make it a complete sentence.<\/span><\/p>\n

Here we go\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

Because hungry piranhas thrashed
\non the river\u2019s surface\u2026<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Now I\u2019ll complete it\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

Because hungry piranhas thrashed on the river\u2019s surface,<\/span><\/strong> Ahmed and Belinda paddled flat-out across the river and straight up on to the river bank.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Now it\u2019s your turn\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

Because hungry piranhas thrashed on the river\u2019s surface\u2026<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Give the students (or kids) a go. Of course the funnier, more detailed the complete sentence is the better.<\/span><\/p>\n

Here are some more to try\u2026.. Remember the incomplete sentence part can go at the beginning or at the end (or both) when making a complete sentence.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2026.spilling hot soup down his trousers\u2026.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/center><\/p>\n

\u2026.to buy a ring for
\nhis stuck-up fiancee Barbara\u2026.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/center><\/p>\n

<\/center>
\u2026.run the risk of running into mean Mr Brown,
\nwho hated students\u2026.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/center><\/p>\n

\u2026.a blowfly flew straight
\ninto Mary\u2019s open mouth\u2026.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/center><\/p>\n

I would love to be able to share some of the sentences you write, with our readers\u2026.. so email your complete sentences back to me and I will publish some of them next week. If you include your children or student\u2019s first names and ages, I will publish those too.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200bIf you would like access to great grammar and punctuation video tutorials with downloadable worksheets to help your children and students to improve go to www.thetenminutetutor.com<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200bHave a great week.<\/span><\/p>\n

Liz Dunoon<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

P.S<\/strong> Here\u2019s a complete sentence from an example above to get you started\u2026.<\/span><\/p>\n

As she lay on the open tail-gate snoring, a blowfly flew straight into Mary\u2019s open mouth tickled her tonsils and flew out again.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/center>
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