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Commas
How well do your pupils know comma rules? Clear up confusion with this document, which includes an abundance of information about how and when to use commas as well as a practice exercise. Note: The answers are on the bottom of the page....
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Kinds of Sentences
Boost understanding of the four types of sentences with several exercises. To start off, read through the provided information about the types of sentences together. This will prepare your class to practice their new knowledge. Then,...
Spelling City
Verbs and Their Present & Past Participles
Participles can be confusing. Practice the present and past participle of three different verbs with a quick matching worksheet. Class members must read each sentence and select the correct form of the verb from the column on the left...
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Irregular Verbs in Present & Past Tense
The English language has many irregular verbs. Clear up confusion with a quick exercise. The worksheet focuses on the many forms of three different verbs: Break, shine, and speak. Pupils read each sentence and select the correct form of...
Curated OER
The Secret Garden - Punctuation 3
Are run-on sentences an issue in your class? Ask your pupils to practice punctuating sentences that have been combined to help them understand where a sentence should begin and end. The sentences are about The Secret Garden by Frances...
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The Secret Garden - Verbs
Does your class know what verbs are? Help them out with an identification exercise that also relates to Frances Hodgson Burnett's novel The Secret Garden. Pupils underline the verbs in 14 sentences about the plot of the book. Make sure...
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The Secret Garden - Punctuation 2
The second in a brief series of worksheets that focus on punctuating paragraphs about Frances Hodgson Burnett's novel The Secret Garden, this resource requires learners to add in capital letters and periods. Pupils will need to read...
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The Secret Garden - Proper Nouns II
Useful for a warm-up or quick homework activity, this resource has learners underline and correct the proper nouns in each of 14 sentences. The sentences are plot points from Frances Hodgson Burnett's novel The Secret Garden. Class...
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The Secret Garden - Punctuation 1
Proper punctuation is important. Focus on capital letters and periods by presenting your class with a paragraph that doesn't include either. Pupils determine where each sentence ends and begins, adding in capital letters and periods...
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The Secret Garden - Proper Nouns
Help your class master proper nouns with a themed activity. As they read Frances Hodgson Burnett's well-known novel The Secret Garden, have pupils practice identifying proper nouns with plot points from the story. They underline and...
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ELA.CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.11-12.6
Here's an exercise designed for the Common Core Literacy Standard L.11-12.6 that asks learners to demonstrate their ability to put together all they have learned about language. The first activity is based on a passage from Rosencrantz...
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ELA.CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.11-12.5
"Timid, scared, terrified." High school scholars examine words, their denotations and connotations, in a series of exercises that use lines from Shakespeare to explore figurative language and word relationships. Participants then...
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ELA.CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.11-12.3
Tired of simple sentences? Bored by brief sentences? Plagued by boring sentences? Enrich your life and the writing of your pupils by modeling how to combine sentences to create more varied syntax. Groups then find a number of ways to...
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Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Initialisms
Pupils change words or phrases into the correct abbreviation, acronym or initialism in ten sample sentences. After rewriting the word or phrase, they must identify whether it is an abbreviation, acronym or initialism. For example, pupils...
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Complement /Compliment
Have your pupils been mixing up the words complement and compliment? Set them straight with a brief lesson and then assign the quick activity included for some practice. Class members read each of 10 sentences and circle the correct word...
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Lead vs. Led
Teach a lesson on the commonly confused words lead and led and assign this activity to review the material. Learners must not only choose the correct word for each sentence, but they also need to determine whether the word is used as a...
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Into vs. In To
Is it into or in to? Guide your pupils toward an understanding of the difference between these two words with a brief lesson accompanied by this activity. Class members are given 10 sentences that use either into or in to. They circle...
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A Versus An
Provided here are ten example sentences for reviewing and practicing when to use an instead of a. There is no explanation of the rules about when and how to use a and/or an included in the resource. You may want to use this worksheet as...
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Interjections
Wowzer! Who knew interjections were so useful? Show your class just how useful they are and assign this resource to help them practice identifying interjections in sentences. For the activity, class members also need to determine if the...
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Who/Whom
Mixing up who and whom is a common mistake made by young writers. After a lesson on the topic, assign the activity provided here for practice. There are 10 sentences on the page. Class members circle who or whom to make each sentence...
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Which vs. That
Show your class the difference between which and that with this basic and straightforward worksheet. Using the context of each sentence, learners circle the appropriate word choice. Assign this as a warm-up activity or a short homework...
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I'm Good vs. I'm Well
How are you? Good? Well? Help your class figure out how to answer that question using proper grammar with the activity included here. You will need to teach a brief lesson before sending your pupils off to fill in each blank with either...
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Identifying Kinds of Pronouns
Provide your ESL or ELA pupils with some skills practice for identifying various kinds of pronouns. Comprised of 40 problems and broken into four parts, pupils first underline all the pronouns in each sentence, then identify them as...
English Banana
Test Your Grammar Skills: Personal and Possessive Pronouns (gap-fill)
Practice personal and possessive pronouns by filling in the blanks. Learners are given information about different types of pronouns and can use that information to fill out the worksheet. Arrows help to clarify what information applies...