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She's = is or has?
Providing eleven sentences for English learners to review, this worksheet focuses on defining the contractions in each sentence. Students choose the correct definition based on the context clues of the sentence. Contractions include...
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English Exercises: Schoolhouse Rock
"Conjunction, junction, what's your function?" The lyrics to the classic Schoolhouse Rock episode "Conjunction Junction" accompany what was once a link to the video. Video has been "removed by the user," but it would be a snap to find...
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Question Words
Practice interrogative pronouns with your ESL class in this activity. Ten questions provide parts of interrogative sentences for students to complete with words like "what," "who," and "how." The worksheet would be a great class quiz or...
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English Exercises: Present Simple Exercises
Here is a blinking, wiggling interactive online practice exercise in which learners adapt 30 sentences to correctly use the present simple tense. They rewrite negative sentences as affirmatives. They may submit their answers to be scored.
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Vocabulary Power
Augment your language arts units with a set of vocabulary worksheets. The packet is an excellent support to your vocabulary instruction that covers a variety of skills, including context clues, Greek and Latin roots, reference materials,...
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English Exercises: Present Continuous Tense
This resource appears to be interactive, but I could not get it to work online. However, it provides practice using modal verbs correctly, and could be printed and copied for use at a desk, or your could project it and discuss with the...
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Subject Verb Agreement Worksheet 1
Practice correlative conjunctions with this subject/verb agreement activity. Fifteen sentences give middle schoolers the opportunity to correct any incorrect agreement within "either/or" and "neither nor" statements. The format would...
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Interrogative Pronouns
Some interrogative pronouns are tricky like who and whom. Help your class use interrogative pronouns and predicate pronouns correctly with this 11-slide review. Explanations and examples complete the first six slides, and a practice...
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A & An
Challenge your ESL students with this handout on articles. They choose "a" or "an" to complete several common nouns, as such "field," "hospital," and "uncle." This worksheet would be a good class activity or quiz.
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Commas 101: The Basics
Clear up common questions about commas with this handy resource! Useful as a reference page as well as a grammar activity, it presents six different rules for comma usage, including fanboys, lists, and parenthetical words and phrases. A...
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Parts of Speech Chapter 5 - Adverbs
In this online interactive adverbs learning exercise, students review what adverbs are and how they are used in sentences. Students take a multiple choice pop quiz online in regards to 10 specific questions about adverbs.
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Choosing the Correct Adjective: Much or More
In this choosing the correct adjective: much or more worksheet, students read explanations and examples of correct usage, then interactively complete 10 sentences, with immediate online feedback.
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Correct Uses of the Verb "Be"
Useful for an intermediate to advanced ESL class, as well as a standard Language Arts class, this grammar presentation guides learners through the forms of "be." Slides detailing the present tense singular and plural, as well as past...
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Choosing the Correct Verb
In this grammar worksheet, students correct the incorrect underlined verbs right above each one in twenty sentences. Students share their answers with their classmates.
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Subjects Meet Predicates
Inspire your pupils to really think about sentence subjects by asking them to puzzle out eight word puzzles to determine the subjects and then match them to the correct predicates. They then write three of their own complete sentences.
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That & What
Providing a review of that and what, this worksheet can be a quick and easy way to have students review this concept. The ten questions in the activity can be answered either online or on a worksheet.
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Interesting & Interested, etc.
While just a quick review of word usage, this ten question activity could be a great filler activity. Learners could hone their vocabulary and spelling skills using this quiz which can be done both online or as a worksheet.
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Simple or Progressive
Proper verb usage is reviewed in this worksheet. Students fill in the blanks in 10 multiple choice questions relating to verbs.
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Begin & Start
Complete the sentences with "begin" or start" in this multiple-choice worksheet. After a lesson on context clues in your ESL class, use this activity as a class assignment to reinforce their skills, or as a quiz to assess their learning.
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Look, See & Watch
Help your ESL students learn the difference between "look," "see," and "watch" with this practice worksheet. Ten questions provide sentences for English learners to complete, as well as the multiple choice options. The verbs are...
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Possessive Pronouns and Possessive Adjectives
An interactive, online worksheet, designed with drop down menus and blank fields, provides 24 pronoun-related exercises for pupils to complete. The resource could be adapted for a paper and pencil exercise. Appropriate for upper...
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Fragments, Comma Splices, and Fused Sentences
This excellent resource has the audience focus on ways to create complete sentences. As the presentation progresses, they see many examples of sentences that are fragments, run-ons, and ones that are punctuated incorrectly. They then...
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Possessive Nouns
Possessive nouns are intricately addressed in this detailed and colorful PowerPoint. Different rules about using possessive nouns correctly are defined with corresponding examples. You can use this presentation prior to assigning...
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Using Pronouns Correctly
For this pronoun usage worksheet, learners correct sentences by eliminating the inappropriate use of the pronoun you. The students then correct the sentences by adding either a third-person pronoun or a suitable noun to replace the...