Sentence Scrambling

Read each sentence and rewrite it by moving the subject.

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Those men quietly worked at school.

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Quietly

Those men quietly worked at school.

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Quietly those men

Those men quietly worked at school.

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Quietly those men worked at school.

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That lady neatly finished her work.

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Neatly

That lady neatly finished her work.

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Neatly that lady

That lady neatly finished her work.

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Neatly that lady finished her work.

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The car sped dangerously off the road.

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Dangerously

The car sped dangerously off the road.

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Dangerously the car

The car sped dangerously off the road.

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Dangerously the car sped off the road.

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The old lady carefully stood up.

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Carefully

The old lady carefully stood up.

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Carefully the old lady

The old lady carefully stood up.

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Carefully the old lady stood up.

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I jumped up and ran home after school.

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After school

I jumped up and ran home after school.

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After school I jumped up

I jumped up and ran home after school.

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After school I jumped up and ran home.

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I built a snowman last winter.

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Last winter

I built a snowman last winter.

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Last winter I

I built a snowman last winter.

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Last winter I built a snowman.

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The baby had a good time yesterday.

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YesterdayThe baby had a good time yesterday.

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Yesterday the baby

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YesterdayThe baby had a good time yesterday.

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Yesterday the baby had a good time.

Sentence Scrambling

Moving the subject to the middle or end of a sentence will create more interesting sentences.