"Dark they Were, and Golden-Eyed"  Sentence Scramble. Counts for 600 words. Write out the sentences. +1 each sentence that works.

1. a) had spun  b) as long as  c) across space  d) the rockets  e) a silver web  f) to accept Mars  g) he had been able (20 words, 1 comma)
• a) As long as the rockets had spun a silver web across space, he had been able to accept Mars.
• b) He had been able to accept Mars as long as the rockets had spun a silver web across space.
• c) As long as, across space, the rockets had spun a silver web, he had been able to accept Mars.
2. a) of the grocery store  b) and ease  c) with great leisure  d) in town  e) on the shadowy steps  f) with their hands  g) the men sat  h) on their knees  i) conversing (25 words, 3 commas)
• In town, on the shadowy steps of the grocery store, the men sat with their hands on their knees, conversing with great leisure and ease.
• On the shadowy steps of the grocery store in town, the men sat, with their hands on their knees, conversing with great leisure and ease.
• In town, on the shadowy steps of the grocery store, the men sat conversing with great leisure and ease, with their hands on their knees.
• The men sat with their hands on their knees, conversing with great leisure and ease, in town, on the shadowy steps of the grocery store.
• In town, on the shadowy steps of the grocery store, the men sat with great leisure and ease, with their hands on their knees.