Kid Scoop Awesome Funny Fill-Ins for Kids

Ready for some silliness?You’ve come to the right place!
You’ll complete the stories in this book by collecting words from

your family and friends. Here’s how it works:

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NOUN PROPER NOUN VERB

A person, place or Proper nouns describe a particular person, place, An action word.
thing. For example: or thing and start with a capital letter. For example: For example:
EGG, HAT,TREE, FRED, MRS. MULBERRY, NORTH CAROLINA, RUN, SWIM,THINK,
BANANA, COMPUTER MICKEY MOUSE, STATUE OF LIBERTY JUMP, DANCE

ADVERB ADJECTIVE INTERJECTION

Describes a verb. A word that describes a person, A word that someone says
For example: place, or thing. For example: suddenly to express a feeling or
SLOWLY, CAREFULLY, LARGE, FUNNY, ANGRY, FUZZY, emotion. For example:
LOUDLY BUMPY, BRIGHT WOW!YIKES! DRAT!

Ask a friend or family member for each of these words.Then
use their words to ll in the silly story of Legendary Pecos Bill

on the next page to create a Funny Fill-In to read aloud!

NOUN ADJECTIVE
NOUN ADJECTIVE
NOUN ADJECTIVE
PLURAL NOUN
PLURAL NOUN VERB
PLURAL NOUN VERB
PLURAL NOUN NAME OF STATE
PLURAL NOUN NAME OF STATE

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Legendary Pecos BiIll

Pecos Bill once traveled to _________________ to help
NAME OF STATE
build a/an _______________ ______________. People
ADJECTIVE NOUN
came from miles around to see this _________________
ADJECTIVE
cowboy in person.

Bill picked up a huge stack of _________________, and

PLURAL NOUN

some _________________, and got right to work.

PLURAL NOUN

Widowmaker, his horse, carried ___________________

ADJECTIVE

__________________.

PLURAL NOUN

At lunchtime, Pecos Bill poured _________________ and

PLURAL NOUN

black pepper on his chili. Suddenly, he felt a sneeze coming
on, so everyone began to _________________!

VERB

Pecos Bill sneezed so hard that ________________ ended

PLURAL NOUN

up in _________________________. Houses rolled like

NAME OF STATE

tumbleweeds and a large _________________ landed in a

NOUN

_____________________.

NOUN

It took Pecos Bill more than a year to ________________

VERB

everything back to where it belonged.

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Ask a friend or family member for each of these words.Then
use their words to ll in the silly story of Count Alucard’s Castle

on the next page to create a Funny Fill-In to read aloud!

NOUN ADJECTIVE
NOUN ADJECTIVE
NOUN ADJECTIVE
NOUN ADJECTIVE
PLURAL NOUN ADJECTIVE
PLURAL NOUN ADJECTIVE
PLURAL NOUN
INTERJECTION VERB
PAST TENSE VERB

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Count Alucard’s Castle

Count Alucard’s castle was a total mess. Several

_______________ were floating in the courtyard fountain.
PLURAL NOUN
A/an _____________ ____________ was tangled in some
ADJECTIVE NOUN
cobwebs above the parlor. The staircase was covered in

_________________ ______________. An expensive
ADJECTIVE PLURAL NOUN
________________ _______________ had been knocked
ADJECTIVE NOUN
over and broken.

“___________________!” cried Count Alucard. “This mess

INTERJECTION

makes my blood boil!”

“We’ll help you clean up the place,” said his niece
Rue, as his nephew Muerto began to __________________

VERB

the entry way.

Soon, Rue had __________________ through the first floor,

PAST TENSE VERB

replacing the suit of armor’s _________NO_UN________. Muerto
cleaned up the courtyard, planting fresh _____P_LU_RA_LN_O_UN______
all around the castle moat. They worked together to remove

the _______A_DJ_EC_TIV_E______ _______NO_UN_________ from the
___________________ tower.

ADJECTIVE

By sunrise, the castle looked ____________________,

ADJECTIVE

just the way Count Alucard likes it!

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Ask a friend or family member for each of these words.Then
use their words to ll in the silly story of Growing Problems on

the next page to create a Funny Fill-In to read aloud!

NOUN PLURAL NOUN
NOUN PLURAL NOUN
NOUN PLURAL NOUN
NOUN PLURAL NOUN
NOUN PLURAL NOUN
NOUN PLURAL NOUN
NOUN PLURAL NOUN
NOUN
ADJECTIVE ADJECTIVE
ADJECTIVE ADJECTIVE
ADJECTIVE

INTERJECTION

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Growing Problems

“This can’t be right,” said Baxter Bunny as he looked at his

garden. Instead of a row of carrots, there were

________________ ________________ sprouting from
ADJECTIVE PLURAL NOUN
the ________________. He used a/an ______N_OU_N________
NOUN
to dig into the ________________.
NOUN

Bobbi Bunny saw her brother carrying a

________________ basket of________________.
ADJECTIVE PLURAL NOUN
“_____I_NT_ER_JEC_TIO_N______!” she cried. “How will we
make ______N_OU_N________ stew for dinner with nothing but
________________ ________________?”
ADJECTIVE PLURAL NOUN

Baxter said, “Don’t worry, Sis. I have a/an
________________ idea!” He painted a sign that said:

ADJECTIVE

“Buy one ________________, get a/an ________________
NOUN NOUN
FREE!”

________________ came from miles around as word
PLURAL NOUN

spread. Baxter and Bobbi soon had enough money to buy
a/an _____A_DJE_CT_IVE________ ______N_OU_N ________ of their
favorite _____PL_UR_AL_NO_UN_______.

“Who knew there was a market for ______P_LU_RA_LN_OU_N_____?”
said Bobbi as they walked to the ________________.

NOUN
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Ask a friend or family member for each of these words.Then
use their words to ll in the silly story of Haircut Hiccups on

the next page to create a Funny Fill-In to read aloud!

NOUN PLURAL NOUN
NOUN PLURAL NOUN
NOUN PLURAL NOUN
NOUN PLURAL NOUN
VERB PLURAL NOUN
ADJECTIVE
ADJECTIVE ADJECTIVE
ADJECTIVE

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Haircut Hiccups

My friend Lawrence had the hiccups while getting a haircut.
I was joking and kidding him about it and said his haircut

made him look like a/an ______AD_JEC_TI_VE_____ _____N_OU_N______.

It was only a joke, but it made him pretty angry. To make it
up to him, I invited him to see the ______PL_UR_AL_N_OU_N_____ with

my family. Lawrence cheered up when he saw a/an
_____A_D_JEC_TI_VE_____ _______NO_U_N _____ ______V_ER_B______

on the _______________ trapeze.

ADJECTIVE

A shiny ______N_OU_N______ drove into the center ring and a
dozen crazy _____P_LU_RA_LN_O_UN____ climbed out of it. My dad
bought us each a bag of hot _____PL_UR_AL_N_OU_N____, and a balloon

shaped like a/an ______N_OU_N______.

When we got home, I apologized again to Lawrence. “It’s

okay,” he said. “I can’t stay mad when I think about the

______________ ______________ we saw today!”
ADJECTIVE PLURAL NOUN

And then, I suddenly hiccuped and dropped my
____P_LU_R_AL_NO_U_N ____.

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Ask a friend or family member for each of these words.
Then use their words to ll in the silly story of AVisit to the
New Ice Cream Shop on the next page to create a Funny

Fill-In to read aloud!

NOUN NOUN
NOUN NOUN
PLURAL NOUN VERB
PLURAL NOUN ADJECTIVE
PLURAL NOUN ADJECTIVE
PLURAL NOUN ADJECTIVE
PLURAL NOUN ADJECTIVE
PLURAL NOUN

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A new ice cream shop opened in town last week. My family
hopped in our ______N_O_UN______ to check it out.

The shop had been decorated with ______________

ADJECTIVE

______________ for its grand opening.

PLURAL NOUN

And they were handing out coupons for a free scoop of
______________, too.

PLURAL NOUN

We began to ______________ into the shop and saw a large

VERB

assortment of ______AD_JE_CTI_VE_____ _____P_LU_RA_LN_O_UN____ behind
the counter.

My dad ordered a sundae topped with ______________ and
PLURAL NOUN
______________. Mom got a cup of ______________. And
PLURAL NOUN NOUN
I ordered a double scoop of _________N_OU_N________ on a/an
______________ cone.
ADJECTIVE

The shop owner gave us each a/an ______________ card.

ADJECTIVE

For every 10 ______________ we buy, we’ll get a free

PLURAL NOUN

______________!

NOUN
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Ask a friend or family member for each of these words.
Then use their words to ll in the silly story of Ice Fishing
on the next page to create a Funny Fill-In to read aloud!

PLURAL NOUN NOUN

PLURAL NOUN NOUN

PLURAL NOUN VERB

PLURAL NOUN ADJECTIVE
PLURAL NOUN ADJECTIVE

PLURAL NOUN ADJECTIVE
PROPER NOUN ADJECTIVE

ADJECTIVE

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Ice Fishing

Ed took his two grandchildren ice fishing on Lake

_____PR_OP_ER_N_OU_N____ last weekend. The strange thing about this
lake is that you are more likely to catch ____P_LU_RA_LN_O_UN_____
than fish.

It was windy as the three of them began to ______________

VERB

across the _____A_DJ_EC_TIV_E_____ surface of the lake. Grandpa Ed

had constructed a nice house of ______________

ADJECTIVE

_____PL_UR_AL_N_OU_N____ and it was quite comfortable inside the
structure.

Using a/an _____N_O_UN_______, Ed showed Nathan and Emily
how to cut a hole in the ice. Emily put some

_____A_DJ_EC_TIV_E_____ _____P_LU_RA_L_NO_UN____ on her line and lowered
it into the ______________ water. Nathan tied a small

ADJECTIVE

_______NO_U_N _____ to the end of his line.

Grandpa Ed caught several ____P_LU_RA_L_NO_UN_____,

Emily caught many ______________ ______________,
ADJECTIVE PLURAL NOUN

and Nathan caught a lot of _____PLU_R_AL_NO_U_N ____.

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Ask a friend or family member for each of these words.Then
use their words to ll in the silly story of Football Frenzy on

the next page to create a Funny Fill-In to read aloud!

NOUN ADJECTIVE
NOUN ADJECTIVE
NOUN ADJECTIVE
NOUN ADJECTIVE
NOUN ADJECTIVE
NOUN
NOUN VERB
NOUN VERB
PLURAL NOUN CITY NAME
PLURAL NOUN CITY NAME

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Football Frenzy

This season, the ______CI_TY_NA_M_E____ _____P_LU_R_AL_NO_U_N ___ played the
______CIT_Y_NA_M_E ____ _____P_LU_RA_LN_O_UN____ in a crazy football game.

Instead of a football, they used a/an ______N_OU_N______. Throw-
ing it was difficult, so they soon replaced it with a/an

______AD_JE_CT_IV_E ____ ______N_OU_N______. That wasn’t much better.

After the kick-off, the players all began to _______VE_RB______ out
of the stadium. Fans of each team ran onto the ______N_OU_N______

as the referees blew whistles loudly. Someone tackled a/an
______N_OU_N______ and another person ran with a/an

______N_OU_N______ into the end zone. The crowd cheered.

By the end of the day, a/an ______AD_JE_CT_IV_E ____ ______N_OU_N______,
a/an _____AD_JE_CT_IVE______ ______NO_U_N ______, and a/an

______AD_JE_CT_IV_E ____ ______NO_UN_______ had been used as footballs.

In the end, no one knew what the score was, but as people began
to ______________ home, all agreed it was a truly

VERB

______________ game!

ADJECTIVE

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Ask a friend or family member for each of these words.Then
use their words to ll in the silly story of My Nutty Fort on the

next page to create a Funny Fill-In to read aloud!

NOUN ADJECTIVE
NOUN ADJECTIVE
PLURAL NOUN ADJECTIVE
PLURAL NOUN ADJECTIVE
PLURAL NOUN ADJECTIVE
PLURAL NOUN ADJECTIVE

VERB

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My Nutty Fort

I had just finished building a cool fort out of
______P_LU_RA_L_NO_UN______ and _____P_LU_R_AL_NO_U_N ______ in my living
room, when I heard a knock on our _______N_OU_N________.

“I have a/an ______AD_JE_CT_IVE________ package for you,” said
the delivery guy. He handed me a large,
_______A_DJ_EC_TIV_E______ box.

When I opened the box, it was filled with

________AD_JE_CT_IV_E _____ _________________. But it was the

PLURAL NOUN
cardboard box that I really wanted. I cut some doors and

windows with a/an ______A_DJ_EC_TIV_E _______
________N_OU_N_______. I added the box to my fort.

I began collecting all the _______A_DJE_CT_IV_E ______ boxes I
could find to add to my fort. Soon, the fort was so big I had

to ________VE_RB________ it to the backyard.

One evening, some squirrels moved into the fort. They
filled it with ______A_D_JEC_TI_VE_______ ______P_LU_RA_LN_O_UN______.
But they seemed so happy there, I couldn’t think of making

them leave it.

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Ask a friend or family member for each of these words.Then
use their words to ll in the silly story of Carrot King on the

next page to create a Funny Fill-In to read aloud!

NOUN ADJECTIVE
NOUN ADJECTIVE
NOUN ADJECTIVE
NOUN ADJECTIVE
NOUN ADJECTIVE
PLURAL NOUN ADJECTIVE
PLURAL NOUN ADJECTIVE
PLURAL NOUN
VERB

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Carrot King

Not many people love carrots more than Gilbert Freespork.
Gilbert eats carrots every _______N_O_UN________ with dinner.
But he also has them for breakfast, often making them with a
stack of ______A_D_JEC_TI_VE_________ _________P_LU_RA_L_NO_UN_______.

Gilbert has a large collection of ______P_LU_RA_LN_O_UN______ made
entirely out of carrots. People travel from miles around to

________VE_RB________ through his carrot art gallery.
The most popular exhibit is Gilbert’s _________________

ADJECTIVE

_________________.

NOUN

One year, Gilbert decided to try to grow the world’s most
_______A_DJE_CT_IV_E ______ carrot. In his garden, Gilbert planted

some ________AD_JE_CTI_VE______ seeds, and poured
______P_LU_R_AL_NO_U_N _____ into the soil every day. Soon,
_______A_DJ_EC_TIV_E______ sprouts popped up through the

________NO_UN________. Gilbert was very excited,
but on harvest day, instead of a carrot, Gilbert had grown

a/an _______AD_JEC_TI_VE_______ ________NO_UN________.

He sent it to the ________N_OU_N_______ store and it sold for
a/an ______A_D_JEC_TI_VE_______ price!

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Ask a friend or family member for each of these words.Then
use their words to ll in the silly story of April Fools’Fail on

the next page to create a Funny Fill-In to read aloud!

NOUN ADJECTIVE
NOUN ADJECTIVE
PLURAL NOUN ADJECTIVE
PLURAL NOUN ADJECTIVE
PLURAL NOUN ADJECTIVE
PLURAL NOUN
PLURAL NOUN
PLURAL NOUN
VERB

VERB
VERB
PAST TENSE VERB

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Get ready to write silly
stories! A great way for kids to practice
grammar while sharing lots of laughs, Awesome
Funny Fill-Ins for Kids is a must-have activity book
to take turns creating tons of hilarious stories, from the
Legendary Pecos Bill and Count Alucard’s Castle to Haircut
Hiccups, Football Frenzy, and so many more! Have a blast asking
friends and family for random parts of speech—including nouns,
verbs, adjectives, and more—without peeking at the story. Once
you have all the words ready to go, use them to fill in the
blanks within the story and get ready for the giggles!

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NOUN ADJECTIVE
NOUN ADJECTIVE Read the finished story.

NOUN ADJECTIVE Laugh hysterically!
NOUN ADJECTIVE
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VERB
NOUN VERB the building blocks of writing—the Parts of Speech.
NOUN CITY NAME As children construct the sentences themselves, they
PLURAL NOUN CITY NAME discover how nouns, verbs, adjectives and such actually

PLURAL NOUN ”work. A fun first step into grammar knowledge.

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