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Clauses: The Trilogy
In this clauses review worksheet set, students go over the proper use of the trilogy of clauses. They review noun clauses, adverb clauses, and adjective clauses by reading their definitions and examples of their usage. There are no...
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Dependent or Subordinate Adverb Clauses
In this grammar worksheet, learners recognize a dependent or subordinate adverb clause. Students look at ten sentences and determine what the dependent or subordinate adverb clause is, and what word in the independent clause it modifies.
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Clauses
Students understand that there are different types of clauses and define the differences. In this clauses lesson plan, students complete activities to practice works with different types of clauses.
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Extra Practice--Reductions
This learning exercise provides an explanation of how to reduce or shorten time adverb clauses, cause/effect adverb clauses, and adjective clauses. After the explanation, students have an opportunity to practice reducing each type of...
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Adverbial Phrases
What is the purpose of adverbial phrases? Find out what questions adverbial phrases answer with a activity that focuses on grammar. As kids work through 16 sentences, they underline the phrases and use the space provided to mark what...
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Grammar Practice Workbook
Make sure your pupils exercise their grammar muscles with this collection of worksheets. Organized into units, the packet covers everything from the parts of speech to sentence structure to punctuation.
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English Grammar: Parts of Speech
A good overview of the basic parts of speech, this presentation is ideal for a junior high class that likes flashy animation and bright colors. The concepts are complete, but simple enough to lend well to lecture notes. Use the slide...
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Clauses: The Trilogy
In this three types of clauses worksheet, students read sentences with highlighted clauses and identify them as noun, adverb, or adjective clauses. Students fill in the blanks in ten sentences.
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Understanding Adjective Clauses: Lesson 14
This PowerPoint features information about adverb and adjective clauses. Several examples of sentences that include adjective clauses are provided along with explanations of their functions in the sentences. Some slides contain practice...
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Improving Sentences
Help your class improve their writing with this handy presentation. Learners discuss how to use adjectives, adverbs and prepositional phrases to enhance their work. This is a terrific way to connect grammar to its everyday use.
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Reductions in Sentences
In this sentence reduction worksheet, students create shorter sentences by using one of three types of reductions. Students use either a time adverb clause reduction, a cause/effect adverb clause reduction, or an adjective clause...
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Dependent Clauses Worksheet 2
In this dependent clauses worksheet, identify the dependent clause in the sentence, identify the part of speech, write how it is functioning, and write 3 sentences on their own. Learners complete 16 sentences.
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So that/ such that: emphasizing qualities and characteristics
In this qualities and characteristics worksheet, students complete sentences with phrases starting with so that or such that while expressing qualities and characteristics. Students complete 10 problems.
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Subordinate (Dependent) Clause (Adjective) Practice
In this adjective clauses worksheet, students analyze ten sentences and write the subordinate clause in each. Students tell what noun or pronoun it modifies.
Collaborative Learning Project
Simple to Complex Sentences
Such a creative game idea, this activity might actually make grammar fun! Learners play a modified game of connect-four by identifying the grammatical name for different words and phrases and then working them into simple sentences to...
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Adverbs
In this adverbs worksheet, students review and discuss how to recognize adverbs in sentences and complete a two part test over adverbs.
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Kinds (Function) of Prepositional Phrase Recognition Practice
In this adjective and adverbial phrases practice worksheet, learners read an informative instructional activity. Students then respond to 10 questions that require them to identify prepositional phrases and label the adjective or...
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Creative Writing Workshop (Middle, Reading/Writing)
Bring this instructional activity into your unit about creative writing and precise language. First, middle schoolers create a piece of writing with the help of their classmates. In the second part of this workshop, they edit their own...
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8 Parts of Speech
Here is a terrific presentation to use as you are introducing the eight parts of speech to your class. Each of the parts of speech gets a thorough introduction, and many examples are given. There is a strong interactive component to this...
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Sentence Problems
Writing is tough to perfect. Help your class improve their writing skills by studying different sentence problems. This reference guide covers sentence fragments, run-ons, and misplaced modifiers, but that's just to start! There's a...
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Misplaced Modifiers
Misplaced modifiers can alter the meaning of a sentence, and take away from a writer's intended message. Use the reference sheet and activity to show middle schoolers how to edit confusing sentences with misplaced modifiers. A great...
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Telling "how" something is done
In this adverbs worksheet, students fill in the correct phrase to the sentences for how something is done. Students choose the phrase for 16 sentences.
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Sentence Construction: What is a Sentence?
What must a sentence contain in order to be complete? What different types of sentences exist? Look at declarative, interrogative, and exclamatory sentences with this 17-slide presentation. Several example sentences are shown, and the...
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Sentence Patterns
Supplement instruction on sentence patterns and types by providing this reference sheet for your class members. Included on this page are definitions of many different sentence patterns and an example of each. A useful item for pupils to...