The Wrong Turn
Expert · Fill-in story · A road trip story for older kids, about Dad's shortcut, a surprise in the road and a very odd map.
In the road trip printables.
0 of 16 words
Step 1: write a word for each line. Don't read the story yet!
- 1. An adverbhow you do something, like slowly or loudly
- 2. A verb ending in -inglike running or giggling
- 3. An adjectivea describing word, like fuzzy or tall
- 4. A plural nounmore than one thing, like shoes or balloons
- 5. A verb in the past tenselike jumped or swam
- 6. An animallike a cat or a shark
- 7. A nouna person, place or thing, like a teacher or a sock
- 8. An exclamationsomething you shout, like wow or yikes
- 9. A verb in the past tenselike jumped or swam
- 10. A colorlike purple or green
- 11. A foodlike pizza or pickles
- 12. An adjectivea describing word, like fuzzy or tall
- 13. A nouna person, place or thing, like a teacher or a sock
- 14. A placelike the moon or the library
- 15. An adjectivea describing word, like fuzzy or tall
- 16. An adverbhow you do something, like slowly or loudly
Step 2: read the story out loud, with each word on the line with its number.
Our family road trip was going 1 adverb until Dad said, "I know a shortcut." Mom groaned. Thirty minutes later, we were 2 verb -ing down a bumpy dirt road past a field of 3 adjective 4 plural noun.
Suddenly the car 5 past verb to a stop. Standing in the road was the biggest 6 animal I had ever seen, and it was wearing a tiny 7 noun on its head. "8 shout!" shouted my little sister.
The 6 animal 9 past verb over to my window and handed me a map. It was drawn in 10 color crayon and smelled like 11 food. At the bottom, someone had written: TURN LEFT AT THE 12 adjective 13 noun.
So we did. An hour later, we rolled into 14 place, the most 15 adjective town on the whole map. Dad smiled 16 adverb and said, "See? Shortcut."