Look at the grid above. Each cell contains the name of a word category or part of speech. By choosing the right part of speech from a selection below, you can make a sentence (which you may find familiar) appear, one word at a time. If you choose wrongly, you will see a message that tells you this. You will need to scroll down in this window or use the hyperlinks, to see all the selections. Good luck. Make first choice.

First word

From the list below choose an article.

we | free | tree | three | the | thee | me | be | next word

Second word

From the list below choose a verb.

green | shallow | less | third | kettle | far | are | beneath | next word

Third word

From the list below choose a preposition

in | pub | knuckle | cake | monster | five | play | large | next word

Fourth word

From the list below choose another preposition.

four | for | fear | fair | go | grey | gay | gallant | next word

Fifth word

From the list below choose a possessive pronoun or possessive pronominal adjective (formed from a pronoun but functioning as adjective).

bag | bug | pram | prim | their | there | hear | here | next word

Sixth word

From the list below choose another possessive pronoun or possessive pronominal adjective (formed from a pronoun but functioning as adjective).

hiss | his | hose | haze | horse | hoarse | house | has | next word

Seventh word

From the list below choose a relative pronoun.

fat | cat | at | slat | sprat | flat | that | gnat | next word

Eighth word

From the list below choose a noun.

traced | chased | taste | paced | on | an | one | won | next word

Ninth word

From the list below choose an adjective which is also the past tense and participle of a verb.

noted | notes | notable | notary | notation | notebook | noting | notice | next word

Tenth word

From the list below choose a plural noun.

go | gone | went | going | guess | guest | guests | guessed | next word

Eleventh word

From the list below choose a noun.

society | social | socialize | socially | varietal | varies | vary | various | next word

Twelfth word

From the list below choose the possessive form of a noun.

host | hosts | ghost | ghosts | goat | host's | coast | toast | next word

Thirteenth word

From the list below choose another plural noun.

believe | receive | deception | conceit | receptions | septic | receipt | recipe | next word

Fourteenth word

From the list below choose the final adjective.

except | exquisite | dog | log | over | clover | sadly | madly | next word

Fifteenth word

From the list below choose a present tense verb.

captive | cap | capstan | captivates | dead | sled | sped | said | next word

Sixteenth word

From the list below choose the final possessive form of a singular noun.

queens | quaint | dukes | counts | equerry | consuls | parties | ambassador's

Where does this sentence come from?

Look at the list below and try to choose the source from which the sentence comes. Click on your choice to see if you are right.

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