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Improving Sentences
Help your class improve their writing with this handy presentation. Learners discuss how to use adjectives, adverbs and prepositional phrases to enhance their work. This is a terrific way to connect grammar to its everyday use.
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Kids Born After 1990: Choose the Correct Article
In this the or 0 worksheet, students choose the correct article of the or 0 to complete sentences about kids born after 1990. Students complete 20 sentences.
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8 Comma Rules
For this comma rules worksheet, students read 30 sentences and add commas where needed. Detailed rules for the use of commas are on the page to help.
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Demonstrate! Using Demonstrative Pronouns
In this demonstrative pronouns activity, students identify demonstrative pronouns in sentences. In this fill in the blank and underline activity, students answer eleven questions.
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Adjectives: Understand and Identify
In this adjective learning exercise, students read about adjectives and their uses, then underline all adjectives in each of 18 sentences.
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Stating an Exception
In this but not or except worksheet, students choose the correct form of the words but not or except to complete the sentences. Students complete 14 sentences.
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Adjectives and Adverbs
Students identify adverbs and adjectives in an advertisement. In this adjectives and adverbs lesson, students complete several activities. A worksheet is included for practice.
Curated OER
Language Arts Quiz-Grade 5
In this grade 5 language arts test, 5th graders complete a 15 question multiple choice quiz covering a variety of grade 5 concepts.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Noun Clauses
This slideshow lesson focuses on noun clauses including defining them, providing a list of words that introduce them, and discussing each of the five roles they can play in sentences with examples. The five roles of noun clauses are...
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Abstract Nouns
The composition of a noun is more than just a person, place or thing. Use this resource to study examples of nouns and their many uses.
University of Calgary
University of Calgary: Sentence Elements: Noun Clauses
This section of an online grammar guide provides instructions and examples for using subordinate (dependent) clauses as nouns in constructing sentences.
Robin L. Simmons
Grammar Bytes: The Clause
This site provides definitions and examples of main (independent) clauses, subordinate (dependent) clauses, relative clauses, and noun clauses. It also offers instructions on using these clauses in sentences.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: American Literature and Composition: Realism: Clauses
This lesson focuses on clauses including dependent, independent, adjective, adverb, and noun clauses. It also explains the use of subordinate conjunctions, relative pronouns, and relative adverbs and provides examples. It features a...
English Zone
English zone.com: Noun Clauses: Embedded Questions
An interactive exercise with four examples followed by ten practice sentences. Students combine two sentences by starting each with a noun clause. When finished, students can check their work to see how many answers are correct.
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Nouns
A complete tutorial on identifying and using nouns that starts with identifying the nouns in "My Favorite Things" from The Sound of Music. Includes links to other noun grammar pages.
University of Calgary
University of Calgary: Practice Distinguishing Clauses
This section of an online grammar guide from the University of Calgary provides a review of and an interactive exercise on identifying how clauses function in sentences (as nouns, adjectives, or adverbs).
The Tongue Untied
The Tongue Untied: Nouns
Defines the many rules that govern the use of nouns, including their use as subjects, and the requirements for agreement; predicate nominatives; four types of objects (direct object, indirect object, object of preposition, and object of...
English Zone
English zone.com: Noun Clauses: Using Infinitives
An interactive exercise with four examples followed by ten sentences. Students complete each question by combining two sentences while using an infinitive phrase. When finished, students can check to see how many answers are correct.
Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies
Mocomi: What Is a Clause?
Defines clause and provides examples of the different types. Includes an exercise to test your understanding.
University of Ottawa (Canada)
University of Ottawa: Sass: Sentence Structure [Pdf]
This online writing guide defines independent and dependent clauses and explains how dependent clauses are used in sentences. With examples. [PDF]
Study Languages
Study Spanish: Subjunctive: Impersonal Expression
Great explanation of the subjunctive mood used in impersonal expressions and contrasted to contradictory applications in the indicative. Ample examples illustrate the difference between these two moods. A useful list of impersonal...
Study Languages
Study Spanish: Subjunctive: Ignorance or Doubt
Great explanation of the subjunctive mood used to express ignorance or doubt and contrasted to contradictory applications in the indicative. Ample examples illustrate the difference between these two moods. A useful list of expressions...
Study Languages
Study Spanish: Subjunctive: Desire
Great explanation of the subjunctive mood used to express desire and contrasted to contradictory applications in the indicative. Ample examples illustrate the difference between these two moods.A useful list of expressions that indicate...
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Absolute Phrase
Understanding how phrases are built and function will be an invaluable tool for students. This tutorial features many examples to help the student in grasping grammar concepts.