This document contains instructions and examples for playing the game Mad Libs. Mad Libs involves having a player provide parts of speech like nouns, verbs, adjectives to fill in blanks in stories. Three sample Mad Lib stories are provided with blanks to be filled in. The summaries provide the essential context and gameplay without copying the full stories.
2. Mad Libs
Youre going to see a list of nouns, verbs, etc
Write down a word for each part of speech.
Ex:
1. Noun = house
2. Gerund verb = shopping
3. Adverb of manner = slowly
3. Mad lib #1
1. verb
2. plural body part
3. body sense (ex: shivers / chills / fevers / heat / goose bumps.)
4. past tense verb
5. fruit (in general)
6. amount of time
7. type of push force; past tense (ex: pushed)
8. friends name
9. something you put in a pile
10. noun
11. adjective
12. adverb of manner (ex: quickly)
13. animals and animals
4. The day I saw the Monkey King (1.)____ . It was one of the most
interesting days of the year. I still cannot believe my (2)____. I had
the (3)____ running through my body for over a week.
The Monkey King (4)_____ one of the largest (5)_______ I had
seen in (6)_______. The funniest thing was when he (7)________
(8)________ in a huge pile of (9)________.
After he did that, the king played chess on his brothers (10)______
and then combed his (11)________ hair with a comb made out of
old fish bones.
Later, that same day, I saw the Monkey King dance (12)________ in
front of an audience of (13)_________.
The Monkey King!
5. Mad lib #2
1. friends name
2. number
3. mode of transportation
4. adjective
5. adjective
6. gerund verb (action verb)
7. name of an animal
8. 3 syllable or more adjective
9. past tense verb
10. adjective
11. noun
12. friends name (same as #1)
13. past tense verb
14. past tense verb (action verb)
15. place name
16. base form verb (action verb)
6. Last month, I went to Disney World with (1)________. We
travelled for (2)______ hours by (3)__________.
When we finally got there it was very (4)__________. There
were (5)________ people (6)__________ everywhere. There
were also people dressed up in ___(7)__ costumes.
I wish it had been more (8)________, but we (9)__________.
We also went on some (10)___________ rides, called Magic
(11)__________. (12)_________ nearly fell off a ride and
had to be (13)___________. Later we went to the hotel and
(14)_________.
Next Year, I want to go to (15)_____________, where we can
(16)_____________.
My Trip to Disney World!
8. Driving a car can be fun if you follow this 1. ______ advice.
> When approaching an 2. ______ on the right, always blow
your 3. ______.
> Before making an 4. ______ turn, always stick your 5.
______ out of the window.
> Every 2000 miles, have your 5. ______ inspected and your
6. ______ checked.
> When approaching a school, watch out for 7. ______ 8.
______.
> Above all, drive 9. ______. The 10. ______ you save may
be your own!
Driving Tips
Editor's Notes
#2: These are not mine. I found some random Mad Libs on the Internet / Google Images.