Scrambled Sentences

Why did the basketball player bring a suitcase with him to a ball game? Just in case he travels!

The words in the sentences have been scrambled. On the lines provided below each sentence, re-write the words of the sentence in the correct order.

1. their mainsprings and pass away and he knew that they were only toys and would never turn into anything else he was wise for he had seen a long succession of mechanical toys arrive to boast and swagger and byandby break

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2. didnt know that real rabbits existed he thought they were all stuffed with sawdust like himself and he understood that sawdust was quite outofdate and should never be mentioned in modern circles the Rabbit could not claim to be a model of anything for he

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3. referring to his rigging in technical terms the model boat who had lived through two seasons and lost most of his paint caught the tone from them and never missed an opportunity of

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4. was really splendid there was once a velveteen rabbit and in the beginning he

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5. superior and looked down upon every one else they were full of modern ideas and pretended they were real the mechanical toys were very ________________________________________________________________

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6. at all the new presents the Velveteen Rabbit was forgotten for at least two hours the Boy loved him and then Aunts and Uncles came to dinner and there was a great rustling of tissue paper and unwrapping of parcels and in the excitement of looking ________________________________________________________________

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7. to her supper and left the nightlight burning on the mantelpiece and they had splendid games together in whispers when Nana had gone away - 2 - ________________________________________________________________

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8. many nights after the Velveteen Rabbit slept in the Boys bed that night and for ________________________________________________________________

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9. and most of the hairs in his tail had been pulled out to string bead necklaces he was so old that his brown coat was bald in patches and showed the seams underneath

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10. had lived longer in the nursery than any of the others the Skin Horse

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