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Gerund Recognition Practice
In this gerund practice worksheet, learners discover what gerunds are as they read an informative instructional activity. Students then respond to 10 questions that require them to identify gerunds and identify the types of nouns they...
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The Passive Voice
Use this resource to introduce the passive voice. The first box highlights important information on the passive voice. The second box contains a short assessment. Are your middle schoolers understanding how to use it?
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Phrases as Fragments
A sentence needs to have a subject and a verb. Although your kids know this, fragments often sneak their way into essays and homework assignments. Give your class a review session with this assignment. First, have them read the...
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Gerunds Anyone?--Using a Verbal
For this gerunds worksheet, students fill in 5 blanks in 4 sentences with correct answers dealing with facts about gerunds. Students find the gerunds and underline each one in 6 sentences and then write an original sentence using the...
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Reducing Adjective Clauses Part 2
In this reducing adjective clauses part 2 worksheet, students read the explanation for shortening a relative (adjective) clause with an active voice verb, then interactively completes 10 sentences by reducing the modifying clause to a...
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Apostrophe + S
In this apostrophe worksheet, students rewrite sentences that have contractions as sentences with no contractions. Examples of apostrophe use are given at the top.
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Christmas and New Year Past Tenses Mimes
In this English instructional activity, students, working with a partner, practice acting out one of thirty-three mimes with each other to see if their partner can guess what the other one is miming.