Mad Libs for ESL Students

A fun way for ESL students to learn English basics

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 It’s My Luck It’s My Luck
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It was a 1___________ 2___________ 3___________, so I Adjective: _________________
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decided to 4___________ to 5___________ to have some Season: _________________
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fun. As I was leaving my house I 6___________ on a Time of day: _________________
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puddle and got my 7
___________ wet. Since it was Verb (present): _________________
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___________ outside I just kept on 9
___________ Name of Place: _________________
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___________. After 11
___________ minutes, a Verb (past): _________________
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___________ 13___________ started chasing me and I had Clothing Item: _________________
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to 14
___________ to the nearest house so it wouldn’t Adjective: _________________
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___________ me. Fortunately no harm was done and I Verb (continuous): _________________
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was able to continue on my journey. Only a couple of Adverb: _________________
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minutes went by when I tripped and fell flat on my Number: _________________
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___________. 17
___________, I was in pain! Since Adjective: _________________
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nobody saw me I got up and 18
___________ with dignity Animal: _________________
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back to my house before anything else went wrong. As I Verb (present): _________________
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got home I found a penny on the floor. Maybe my luck was Verb (present): _________________
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changing! As I got down to reach it, my 19
___________ Part of Body: _________________
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instantly ripped! I just couldn’t believe it. Well, I guess Exclamation: _________________
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that’s just my luck. Verb (past): _________________
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Clothing Item: _________________

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 Love at First Sight (Girls Only) Love at First Sight (Girls Only)
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One 1___________ afternoon, I was walking by the Adjective: _________________
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___________ when accidentally I bumped into a Place: _________________
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___________ boy. At first I blushed and apologized for Adjective: 3
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bumping into him, but when he flashed his 4___________ 4
Adjective: _________________
smile I just couldn’t help falling in love. His 5___________
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voice telling me that it was ok sounded like music to my Adjective: _________________
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ears. I could have stayed there staring at him for Period of Time: _________________
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___________. He had 7___________ 8___________ eyes Adjective: 7
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and 9___________ 10___________ hair. I thought he was 8
Color: _________________
perfect for me. Before I noticed, 11___________
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___________ had passed by after I apologized, and I Adjective: _________________
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hadn’t said anything else since! That’s when I noticed that Color: _________________
he was looking at me 13___________. I didn’t know what to Number: 11
_________________
say, so I just 14___________. I noticed him giving me a 12
Period of Time: _________________
strange look when he started walking to his 15___________.
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I looked back at him 16___________ more time(s), but he Adverb: _________________
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was already out of sight. It wasn’t love after all. Verb (past): _________________
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Noun: _________________
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Number: _________________

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 Trip to the Zoo Trip to the Zoo
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Adjective: _________________
It was the perfect day to go to the zoo. It was 1___________
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outside and the birds were 2___________. My mom had Verb (continuous): _________________
promised to take me to the zoo 3___________ Number: 3
_________________
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___________ ago, and the time had finally arrived. We got Time: 4
_________________
on the 5___________ and I started counting the minutes to
Type of Transportation: 5 _________________
get there. When we finally arrived I was so excited that I
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didn’t even know where to start! My mom took me to see Animal (plural): _________________
the 6___________ first. They were 7___________! They Adjective: 7
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made 8___________ noises and 9___________ constantly. Adjective: 8
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Then we 10___________ to the 11___________ cage and 9
Verb (past): _________________
watched them eat their food 12___________. Suddenly one
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of them came towards the fence and 13___________ Verb (past): _________________
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___________. I got scared, but my mom assured me that Animal: _________________
they couldn’t 15___________ the fence. I felt better, but I Adverb: 12
_________________
still wanted to go to see the 16___________. They are my 13
Verb (past): _________________
favorite animals! Their 17___________ fur and
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___________ size makes them simply beautiful. No Adverb: _________________
wonder they are called the kings of the 19___________. Verb (present): 15
_________________
It was getting late already so after visiting the other animals, Animal (plural): 16
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it was time to leave. We got a few souvenirs and got on the 17
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___________ to go home.
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Adjective: _________________
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Place: _________________
Type of Transportation: 20 _________________

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