Learn English meaning of ‘mad libs’

Date: Oct 17 2016

Intro

Mad Libs are silly word games. One person has a story with missing words. This person asks a friend for words. They might need a noun, and their friend could say any noun. They must guess which noun should be in the story. Then, the first person puts this word in the story.

They continue to ask for different types of words, like verbs, pronouns, and more. In the end, most of the words will mismatch, and the story will be very funny.

Vocab

silly adj.

Definition

Example He is so silly. He wears his socks up to his knees all the time.

Example When I am very tired I sometimes get into a very silly mood, where I can't stop laughing.

Example The clown told silly jokes that the children loved.

verb n.

Definition

Example My favorite verb is dance because I love dancing.

pronoun n.

Definition

Example You can use the pronoun she to talk about a woman.

mismatch v.

Definition

Example Be careful not to mismatch your fill-in-the-blank answers.

noun n.

Definition

Example My favorite noun is kitty because I love cats, and that word is very cute.

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Have you ever played Mad Libs? Do you think Mad Libs can help you learn English?

Comments

khaoulakhaoula

Algeria

i dnt knw it bt its gud to learn new words

Kate_StPete

Russian Federation

In Russia we have similar game, but you need to continie someone’s story when you have only 2 last words open. The game is played a big company. First begin by 2-3 worlds, the second continues, when close the beginning, and next continues without seeing the first words. The story also turns silly and hilarity

gresanpu6981

Spain

I have ever played Mad Libs, but I will. I thing it could be so hilarious to play with your friend while you’re drinking beers.

leaving the alcohol on the other side. I think it’s a good idea to use this game word to learn english. could be a good method to learn new vocabulary.

Thyphuong

Viet Nam

I have not played Mad Libs but I think this is a very good game because it encourage us to figure out what type of word to fill in the blanks, and to make it a story. It helps a lot in learning English if we can practice it with somebody every day.

hermitlady

China

No. But I had played the fill-in-the-blanks in school .

Maybe it can help me to learn english in exam. It is a good way to exam. Now I would think it may be useful to practical english. I have not tried it.