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It can be played by one, two, three, four, or forty. RIDICULOUSLY SIMPLE DIRECTIONS
In this tablet you will find stories containing blank spaces where words are left out. One player, the READER, selects one of these stories. The READER does not tell anyone what the story is about. Instead, he/she asks the other players, the WRITERS, to give him/her words. These words are used to fill in the blank spaces in the story.
TO PLAY
The READER asks each WRITER in turn to call out a wordan adjective or a noun or whatever the space calls forand uses them to fill in the blank spaces in the story. The result is a MAD LIBS game. When the READER then reads the completed MAD LIBS game to the other players, they will discover that they have written a story that is fantastic, screamingly funny, shocking, silly, crazy, or just plain dumbdepending upon which words each WRITER called out.
In case you have forgotten what adjectives, adverbs, nouns, and verbs are, here is a quick review: An ADJECTIVE describes something or somebody. Lumpy, soft, ugly, messy, and short are adjectives. An ADVERB tells how something is done. It modifies a verb and usually ends in "ly." Modestly, stupidly, greedily, and carefully are adverbs. A NOUN is the name of a person, place or thing. Sidewalk, umbrella, bridle, bathtub, and nose are nouns. A VERB is an action word. Run, pitch, jump, and swim are verbs. Put the verbs in past tense if the directions say PAST TENSE. Ran, pitched, jumped, and swam are verbs in the past tense. When we ask for a PLACE, we mean any sort of place: a country or city (Spain, Cleveland) or a room (bathroom, kitchen.) An EXCLAMATION or SILLY WORD is any sort of funny sound, gasp, grunt, or outcry, like Wow!, Ouch!, Whomp!, Ick!, and Gadzooks! When we ask for specific words, like a NUMBER, a COLOR, an ANIMAL, or a PART OF THE BODY, we mean a word that is one of those things, like seven, blue, horse, or head. When we ask for a PLURAL, it means more than one. For example, cat pluralized is cats.
MAD LIBS is fun to play with friends, but you can also play it by yourself! To begin with, DO NOT look at the story on the page below. Fill in the blanks on this page with the words called for. Then, using the words you have selected, fill in the blank spaces in the story. Now you've created your own hilarious MAD LIBS game!
universe. They thought that the earth was the center of the entire and that the sun and all of the
NOUN PLURAL NOUN
named Copernicus discovered the truth. The earth revolves around the
SOMETHING ROUND NUMBER
Copernicus, whose last name was Warsaw, and he used one of the first
ADJECTIVE
stuck .
In 1600, an Italian
OCCUPATION
Copernicus'
ADJECTIVE
in Italy, he was
ADVERB
arrested. After
VERB ENDING IN "ING"
MAD LIBS is fun to play with friends, but you can also play it by yourself! To begin with, DO NOT look at the story on the page below. Fill in the blanks on this page with the words called for. Then, using the words you have selected, fill in the blank spaces in the story. Now you've created your own hilarious MAD LIBS game!
summer
night, we see millions of tiny spots of light. Each one represents a/an which is the center of a/an
NOUN ADJECTIVE
revolving
. , circles around
sun
NUMBER
'
,
ANOTHER FIRST NAME ANOTHER FIRST NAME
The greatest true-life space story is the one about our astronauts to the moon for the first time.
VERB ENDING IN "INS"
There were
NUMBER PERSON IN ROOM
, a/an
ANOTHER PERSON IN ROOM ADJECTIVE
Ph.D. in
PLURAL NOUN
; and
ANOTHER PERSON IN ROOM PROFESSION
experiments with
COLOR
mice and
PLURAL NOUN
."
suit of long underwear. He has his own rocket ship, which takes him all over the universe.
mixed with
FOOD TYPE OF LIQUID
and can go
NUMBER
Captain Zoom loves to go to the assistance of poor who are in trouble. When he hears of such a/an
ADJECTIVE
situation, he leaps
ADVERB
into his ship and zooms off into yonder. He journeys throughout the galaxy,
the wild
COLOR
. He has a/an
ADJECTIVE
companion who goes with him on all of his adventures. His companion is a
NUMBER PERSON IN ROOM (MALE)
." go to the
ADVERB
on the
ADJECTIVE
get the spacecraft warmed up. We are going to And off they zoomed,
VERB ENDING IN "INS"
past Mars. In no time at all they landed on Hang-On. When Captain Zoom stepped out of his ship, he said,"
EXCLAMATION
!" which
NOUN
because the first thing he saw was a purple was eating a long, thin
SOMETHING ALIVE ADJECTIVE *
Ray Gun and blasted away until he had everything in sight. "Now, Shorty," he said
ADVERB
,"let's to rescue."
the
ADJECTIVE
. And I will
NOUN VERB
, which was how they showed respect and . Then they took him to their local
TYPE OF BUILDING
all lived
who lives in a two-story on Mars. I will put this letter in a/an bottle and it into space and
VERB
ADJECTIVE
planet
ADJECTIVE
little pink men and women, but I would like to hear from you anyway. Tell me, how do you people
VERB
We do it by
VERB ENDING IN "ING"
I hope you will be able to visit me someday. You could stay in our and eat
NOUN PLURAL NOUN
near
"Hey,
NAME OF PERSON (MALE) TYPE OF VEHICLE
And before his friend could reply, a powerful down and lifted them into a strange flying
NOUN
dinner of French-fried
PLURAL NOUN
and
COLOR SILLY WORD
people . A journey
PLURAL NOUN
NUMBER
. planet to make
sure it contains
TYPE OF GAS '
. and
If it is okay, they can get out of the ship very all of the inhabitants.
VERB
Dear Mr.
SILLY WORD
, adventure in
ADJECTIVE
are my favorite
NAME OF PERSON (MALE)
this
ADJECTIVE
NOUN
aliens try to trap you and your crew logical mind to outsmart them.
ADJECTIVE
" conventions and buy all of the years old. But the
NUMBER
little toys and dolls even though I am real reason I wrote to you, Mr.
, is because
SAME SILLY WORD
Space travel is the result of the discovery of rocket power. Many years ago, a European
NOUN
named
NAME OF PERSON (MALE)
He put this
ADJECTIVE
it at
PLACE
shop.
Some years later, the world became aware of rockets when a scientist at
CITY
University named
NAME OF PERSON (FEMALE) DEPARTMENT STORE
sent
and the
MUSICAL INSTRUMENT
, .
NOUN
And the
I see tonight.
I
VERB (PAST TENSE)
tonight.
edge of a/an
. , and it
NOUN
There are a million billion planets in our galaxy, and they are all drawing away from each other at the rate of
ADVERB
suns in distant solar systems. Each of these suns has dozens of huge spinning in orbit around it.
PLURAL NOUN
about
it. If you don't like the universe, you can always go someplace else.
Here is a really
ADJECTIVE PLURAL NOUN
bargain in solid
TYPE OF METAL
Dress up your
NOUN PLURAL NOUN
and
is delivered
ADVERB
and some
SOMETHING STICKY
little
other
ADJECTIVE SOMETHING ROUND
or take them out to a movie. If you do, maybe they will tell you the secret of
ADJECTIVE
rocket
ADVERB
. Then, .
VERB (PAST TENSE)
when the ship arrives, the travelers will be Eventually scientists may invent a/an
NOUN
transporter Trek."
NOUN
like the one they used on the TV show," It will break down all parts of the human
NOUN
into
atoms and
PLURAL NOUN ADJECTIVE
miles
away. If this doesn't work, engineers are now, trying to perfect a/an
ADJECTIVE
wash. So maybe humans should forget space travel and try to solve the
ADJECTIVE
times as strong as it is in
SOMETHING ALIVE
. So if you are a young there and you want to look good, here is what you should do. First go to a beauty parlor and get a/an
ADJECTIVE ADJECTIVE
haircut by a/an
foil
ARTICLE OF CLOTHING
shadow. If you follow this advice, you will get your picture on the covers of all their
PLURAL NOUN
QUESTION:
? will drop
ANSWER:
and your
PLURAL NOUN
. . How do
QUESTION:
Dear
SILLY FIRST NAME LAST NAME OF PERSON
, because
ANOTHER LAST NAME
I am writing to you from the planet I saw your picture on the electronic
TYPE OF APPLIANCE
. My
ADVERB
Please
VERB
Calling all
PLURAL NOUN
. This is
SILLY NAME NOUN
and
VERB ENDING IN "ING"
house. , approach
NOUN
him
ADVERB NOUN
because he may be carrying a loaded . Also, he has been known to use the alias the
SILLY WORD ANOTHER SILLY WORD
. That is all.