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Nonsense Words Activity

Directions: Read the following story. Determine what parts of speech the highlighted
nonsense words represent.
It was in the rungle of Phlange where I first perkled for yasts. The yasts were glatenfelded
and fogled, yet not borvily borked. I made great proncuity, especially because I was with
my troffler who always pulfistins me, and after much groosping, I was lubid and now
have a yast on my treap.

1) Rungle - noun
2) Perkled verb past tense
3) Yasts plur. noun
4) Glatenfelded adjective
5) Fogled - adjective
6) Borvily - adverb
7) Borked verb past tense
8) Proncuity - noun
9) Troffler - noun
10) Pulfistins verb present tense
11) Groosping verb present part.
12) Lubid - adjective
13) Yast noun sing.
14) Treap - noun

Next use this vocabulary list to determine where the words fit into the story.

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15) brother
16) casting
17) caught
18) challenges
19) county
20) easily
21) effort
22) fished
23) muskies
24) plentiful
25) successful
26) wall
27) trophy

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It was in the _county________of Phlange where I first __fished_______for yasts. The

__muskies_______ were __plentiful_______ and __active_______, yet not
__easily_______ __caught_______. I made great __effort_______, especially because I
was with my __brother_______ who always _challenges________ me, and after much
__casting_______, I was __successful_______ and now have a __trophy_______ on my
___wall______.

Once you have completed the taskactivity, to check whether or not you have correctly
placed the vocabulary. The Nonsense Words Activity Answer Key answer key will beis
located within the Additional Resources folder in Canyon Connect.

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