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English in Mind Unit 8: Grammar Practice

For Teachers 7th - 8th
In this grammar practice worksheet, students complete thirty eight fill in the blank sentences. Students answer questions using the gerund or infinite form of verbs.
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Participles: Another Verbal to Know and Love

For Students 6th - 10th
In this grammar worksheet, students learn about past and present participles. They then use what they learned to answer the 13 questions on the worksheet. The answers are on the last page of the packet.
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Forming Gerunds

For Students 6th - 8th
in this forming gerunds worksheet, students form the gerund of given verbs. Students may check their answer, or they may get a hint by pressing the "cheat" button.
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Using Infinitives

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Infinitives have multiple purposes. Introduce your Spanish class to the variety of ways to use infinitives other than simply conjugating them. Use the material and presentation included here to inspire and inform a lesson on infinitives....
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Using Gerunds

For Students 5th - 8th
In this using gerunds worksheet, students must rewrite sentences using gerunds. Students can check their answers or get hints to help them in this interactive worksheet.
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Adverb Phrases: Shortening Clauses to Modifying Phrases

For Students 5th - 10th
Work on modifying phrases and improving writing technique with this worksheet. Young grammarians shorten clauses by modifying phrases to complete the sentences. They complete 16 sentences for practice. Scroll to the bottom of the page to...
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The General Grammar Quiz

For Students 5th - 8th
In this verb tense and sentence writing worksheet, students must determine wlhat tense a verb is written in; what type of sentences are given along with the number of clauses. Students rewrite sentences and complete sentences to match...
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Restating Infinitive Phrases

For Students 6th - 12th
In this infinitive phrases worksheet, students change the sentence around so that the infinitive phrase is now a gerund phrase. Students complete 10 sentences.
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The Writing Center: Prepositions

For Teachers 7th - Higher Ed
While the focus is applicable to middle schoolers, high schoolers, and higher education, the slides are text heavy (as they were originally designed for higher education). Learners will review rules for using a preposition and how to use...
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Subject/Verb (Compound) Recognition Practice

For Teachers 5th - 7th
In this compound subject and verb practice worksheet, students read an informative lesson. Students then respond to 10 questions that require them to identify gerunds and identify compound subjects and compound verbs.
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Test Your Grammar Skills: Conjugate a Verb Today!

For Students 7th - 9th
In this conjugating verbs worksheet, students are given definitions for the infinitive, gerund, and past participle forms.  Present, past, and future tenses are also identified and defined.
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When/While

For Students 5th - 10th
In this when and while worksheet, students choose the correct phrase to complete the sentences starting with either when or while. Students complete 10 sentences.
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Conjugate a Verb Today

For Students 6th - 7th
In this conjugate a verb worksheet, students conjugate verbs by completing the examples in each section including past, present, and future tense.
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Present Participles

For Students 7th - 8th
In this present participles worksheet, students review and discuss what present participles of verbs are and fill in three blanks with the appropriate present participle answer.
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Used to/ be used to

For Students 4th - 8th
For this used to worksheet, students complete the sentences with the correct form of used to, or be used to. Students complete 10 sentences total.
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Because Phrases

For Students 4th - 8th
In this because clauses activity, students choose the best way to shorten a because clause from the options provided. Students complete 10 sentences.
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Weiner Dog Races

For Students 4th - 8th
In this sentence completion worksheet, students complete the sentences about weiner dogs with the appropriate words. Students complete 25 sentences.
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Possessive Nouns: indicating possession for people or things

For Students 4th - 8th
In this possession worksheet, students complete the sentences with possessive nouns. Students complete 14 multiple choice questions.
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Prepositions for Place

For Students 5th - 8th
In this prepositions worksheet, learners choose the correct word for the prepositions for place in each sentence. Students complete 40 sentences total.
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Present Progressive

For Students 5th - 8th
In this present progressive worksheet, students fill in the blanks with the correct present progressive words. Students complete 7 paragraphs.
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Use of "In Spite of / Despite" Oral Review

For Students 6th - 8th
In this oral review worksheet, students work with a partner to change sentences. They change sets of sentences to include "in spite of" or "despite." They say the sentences orally while their partner checks them.
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Texas Gateway: On Track English I Writing: Editing

For Students 1st - 9th Standards
This site offers links to each section of Writing, Module 8, Lessons 1-9 and Practices 1-3. Students write legibly and use appropriate capitalization and punctuation conventions in their compositions; spell correctly; and edit drafts for...