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The Verb
How are linking verbs and action verbs different? First, study the definitions and examples of each (at the top of the first page). Then, assess the comprehension skills of your class by having them complete the 20-question practice...
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Verbals: They look like verbs...but they're not!
Did you know there are three types of verbals? Do you even know what a verbal is? Provide your class with this brief introduction! Participles, infinitives, and gerunds are all introduced, and examples are given. Pair this with a...
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Writing a Newspaper Article
The perfect resource for a beginning journalism teacher or someone designing a journalism unit, this activity prompts students to write a newspaper article. It covers all aspects of the writing process, such as a guided warm-up...
K12 Reader
Noun Clauses: Acting as a Noun
Noun clauses and how they function in sentences is the focus of this exercise, the final resource in a series of 36 grammar worksheets.
K12 Reader
Pronouns as Indirect Objects
Pronouns used as indirect objects are the focus of this short worksheet that asks learners to fill in the correct pronoun.
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Objects Pronouns Quiz
The 20 prompts on this quiz assess learners' ability to recognize and use objective pronouns.
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Present Simple or Progressive
Take your class to the computer lab, or simply send your learners struggling with the present simple or progressive tenses. This online, interactive activity has 15 multiple choice questions. You could also print this out and provide it...
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Adjectives and Adverbs Quiz
There are only five questions provided here, but you could use this as a quick pre-assessment to map our your adjective and adverb unit. Individuals must choose the correct sentence; one sentence uses an adjective and the other uses an...
University of Victoria
Adjective or Adverb?
Sometimes adjectives and adverbs are accidentally interchanged. Give your learners this quick 15-question assessment to see if they can choose the correct word to complete each sentence.
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Written and Oral English language conventions: Independent Practice
Sit or sat? Passed or past? Assess your pupils’ mastery of verb usage with 10 multiple choice questions. Learners must select the correct sentence from the listed four options.
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Nouns Used as Interrupters Review
Need to assess your pupils’ understanding of noun phrases used as appositives, as direct address, or as parenthetical phrases? Use this two-page worksheet to determine their level of mastery of these terms and their punctuation. Your...
K12 Reader
Pick the Pronoun
Which word is correct: he or him? Your pupils can practice determining if a sentence needs a subject or object pronoun by completing the 12 sentences on this worksheet. For each sentence, they are given an object pronoun and a subject...
Grammar Net
Adjectives of Comparison
Is our car bigger than theirs? Is this car better than than that one? Use comparative and superlative adjectives of provided verbs to complete twenty sentences.
Grammar Net
Past Simple v. Past Perfect Simple
Help English learners tell the difference between the past tense and the past perfect tense with a grammar activity. As kids read twelve sentences, they change the given verbs to the correct tense based on context clues.
ESL Library
Singular and Plural Nouns
Practice writing one and two nouns with a series of grammar activities. English learners read the instructions and list nouns, write sentences, and focus on irregular endings.
K12 Reader
Conjunctive Adverbs and Independent Clauses
Conjunctive adverbs are not conjunctions, but they can function as conjunctions when paired with appropriate punctuation. If that's too complicated for language arts students, have them work on an activity that provides a word bank of...
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Past Conditional
This printout could be used to introduce the past conditional to your middle schoolers. The top section describes the past conditional and notes examples. There's a short post-assessment included, as well.
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Conditional
Introduce your middle schoolers to the conditional tense. The top portion of the page provides information on the tense, and the bottom portion has a quick post-assessment.
Grammar Net
For and Since
Fill in the blanks with a worksheet that focuses on for and since. As kids read 20 time-related phrases, they decide whether to use for, since, or no reply.
E Reading Worksheets
Adverbs and Adjectives Worksheet
Is it an adjective or an adverb? Learners pick the correct word for ten sentences and then identify adjectives and adverbs in ten more sentences. They close practice by writing adjectives that can become adverbs.
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ACROSTIC POETRY
Learners use newspapers or magazines to create an acrostic poem where words are divided into parts of speech.
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Grammar Review
Review grammar rules for simple and compound sentences. Learners diagram sentences and identify conjunctions, interjections, and prepositional phrases. As a class, they study their notes and complete pages in their grammar book to...
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The City Life or the country Life: conventions: Comparative and Superlative Forms of Adjectives and Adverbs
Reinforce knowledge of adjectives and adverbs by game playing. To better understand English conventions young writers, use flashcards to identify the base word and its comparative or superlative form.
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Subordinate Conjunctions and Complex Sentences for SMART Board
A SMART board is a great way to get kids engaged and excited about grammar. Using this SMART board instructional activity and worksheet, pupils study the rules of conjunctions, clauses, and complex sentences. After they have worked on...