Oxford University Press
Language Focus: Simple Past Tense, Affirmative and Negative
Find out what people did or didn't do with a grammar learning exercise, which focuses on the past tense of different verbs. After kids use a word bank to complete a paragraph, they use the words did and didn't in several...
Pearson
The Simple Present: Affirmative and Negative Statements
The present tense is a helpful skill to review in any language arts classroom. Focusing on statements made in the affirmative and in the negative, a slideshow presentation guides pupils through grammar rules and examples for the simple...
Oxford University Press
Language Focus: Imperatives and Going To
Study the future progressive tense and other ways to express what will (or won't) happen. After completing affirmative and negative sentences in the imperative form, kids work on different exercises with going to and...
Curated OER
Churches and Taxes
Churches have been tax-exempt since the founding of America, but should they be? Pupils ponder the question as they browse the website in preparation for a class debate or discussion. They research the history of tax-exemption for...
Curated OER
Novice Lincoln Douglas Debate Curriculum
How do you affirm and negate a statement of value? What is refutation? Interested in debate? Introduce your class to the format of the Lincoln Douglas debate with 14 lessons, designed to be used in order, so that debaters learn the logic...
Curated OER
School Uniforms: Debating the Issue and Creating an Advertisement
Fifth graders debate the issue of school uniforms. They research, finding supporting evidence supporting their stance. Using the Lincoln-Douglas form of debate, 5th graders discuss the positive and negative issues of the topic. They...
Curated OER
Whose History Is It Anyway? Patterns in History
Read and examine primary source material in order to analyze, synthesize, and debate information about the Great Depression. Critical analysts research various source materials related to the Great Depression. They work in teams to...
Curated OER
Countables and Uncountables
For this grammar worksheet, students use words to describe both affirmative and negative. Students complete 12 multiple choice questions.
Curated OER
ESL: Present Perfect and Present Simple Tense
Your English learners, or young native speakers, can practice converting affirmative sentences into negative ones using various verb forms. Forty-five opportunities are provided. Page contains links to additional resources and audio...
Curated OER
English Exercises: Affirmative and Negative Statements
In this online interactive English learning exercise, students respond to 10 fill in the blank questions that require them to use "will" appropriately. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
Curated OER
Verb Review: Present/Past
The conversational style of the sentences (Some exercises are actual dialogues, which could make good oral language practice.) in this practice sheet makes it perfect for ELD class or native speakers. The five exercises here encompass...
Curated OER
The Present Perfect Tense
In this recognizing present perfect tense verbs worksheet, students read definitions and example sentences using already, just, still, and yet and use them to fill in blanks and create sentences. Students write 20 answers.
Curated OER
Parts of Speech
In this parts of speech worksheet, students recognize affirmative and negative expressions. Students put the correct response in ten sentences.
Curated OER
The Beatles and The Rolling Stones
Students exchange information orally about The Beatles and The Rolling Stones during the 1960s until 1970. They work in pairs to complete a gap-fill activity from memory. Students play hangman at the beginning of the activity.
Saskatchewan Elocution and Debate Association
Grab ‘N Go Debate
Here's a resource that provides debaters with the background information and worksheets they will need when planning a policy debate. Templates and sentence frames, as well as a rationale for using debates in the classroom, are...
Speech and Debate Union
Introducing Debate in the Classroom
Considering organizing a speech and debate club? check out this packet that contains all the information you need to get started.
Curated OER
Necessity and Lack of Necessity
In this language arts worksheet, students learn the use of affirmative sentences with necessity such as "have to" and "has to" and negative sentences with lack of necessity such as "don't have to" and "doesn't have to." Students complete...
Curated OER
Present Simple and Present Continuous
In this present simple and present continuous worksheet, students rewrite sentences in the negative form, interrogative form, affirmative form, and more. Students complete 4 activities.
Curated OER
There Is/There Are And School Life
In this school supplies and "there is/there are" online worksheet, students enter the names of six school supplies that are shown by clip art pictures, they unscramble the names of school subjects, and use drop-down menus to choose...
Curated OER
Present Perfect and Past Simple
In this present perfect and past simple worksheet, students fill in words to a chart for each tense, fill in the blanks to sentences, write questions, and more. Students complete 4 activities.
Curated OER
Contractions
This learning exercise provides ELL learners with a basic explanation of what a contraction is and then a chance to practice completing 16 sentences by creating an affirmative or negative contraction. This learning exercise could be used...
Curated OER
Affirmative Sentences
In this affirmative sentences learning exercise, 1st graders read ten affirmative sentences and then write the negative equivalent to each affirmative sentence.
Curated OER
Negative Constructions
In this negative constructions learning exercise, 7th graders review and discuss what negative constructions are and how to avoid using them in sentences. Students build three sentences with a set of words for each one.
Carnegie Mellon University
Debate
Set your environmental studies class up to debate a current topic regarding your choice of six suggested statements about energy use in the United States. Teams read material that you have gathered and then form their arguments. The...