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Oh No! Not Another Quiz!

For Students 4th - 5th
In this verb tense worksheet, students read the sentences and select the correct form of the verb to complete the online quiz. Students complete 15 sentences.
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An Invitation

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this verb tenses activity, students read the conversation about an invitation to an event. Students select the correct verb tense usage to complete the online quiz. Students complete 6 sentences.
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Misused Verbs: Rise/Raise

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this rise, rose, raise, and raised worksheet, students complete sentences inserting rise, rose, raise, and raised. Students complete 10 sentences.
Worksheet
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Weekly Grammar Test: Lesson 25

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this verbs worksheet, learners fill in the blanks to sentences with verbs, change verbs to past tense, choose the correct verbs, and identify present or past tense verbs. Students complete 18 questions.
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Simple Present & Present Progressive

For Students 6th - 8th
In this simple progressive and present progressive worksheet, students fill in the 9 blanks in a paragraph with the appropriate forms of the verbs in parentheses.
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Simple Present or Present Continuous Exercise #1

For Students 7th - 8th
In this simple present or present continuous worksheet, students fill in fifteen blanks with the appropriate verb tense that makes each sentence grammatically correct.
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Time Words/Tenses Review

For Teachers 5th - 7th
In this time words worksheet, students correct the mistakes in the sentences and write the corrected sentence on this page. The mistakes all have to do with time words and verb tenses. There are 42 sentences to correct.
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Subjunctive

For Students 9th - 11th
In this subjunctive worksheet, students read the sentences and complete them with verbs in the negative, passive, and continuous subjunctive forms. Students complete 20 exercises.
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Beginning Sentence Correction 4

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this activity, students correct the errors in verb tense and syntax in each simple sentence. This activity could be used as a warm-up activity with ESL learners.
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Present Simple or Progressive

For Students 4th - 8th
Take your class to the computer lab, or simply send your learners struggling with the present simple or progressive tenses. This online, interactive worksheet has 15 multiple choice questions. You could also print this out and provide it...
Handout
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Writing Effective Summaries

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Drafting a strong first sentence for a summary is an important step. Writers can use the formula presented on this handout to get started. The resource lists three steps to put together a strong topic sentence, as well as tips and hints...
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Metaphor Meanings

For Students 7th - 8th
Help your young writers decipher the literal meanings of metaphors. After reading several metaphors, learners write the real meanings that the phrases are describing. Use this resource in a figurative language lesson, or when preparing...
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K12 Reader

Metaphors Compare Things

For Teachers 4th - 5th Standards
This instructional activity on metaphors is your ticket to better writing! As learners read ten sentences, they underline the metaphor and circle the two objects of comparison.
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The Verb and Adverb Connection

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders use pantomine and charades to explore verbs and adverbs. They, in groups, play a variation of charades to act out sentences with adverbs showing WHEN and WHERE.
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ESL Error Correction- Verb "To Be"

For Students 5th - 6th
In this ESL error correction worksheet, students read 14 sentences that contain a form of the verb "to be." Students indicate which sentences are correct and which have mistakes. Students correct all the errors in the sentences.
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ESL-Past Simple, Irregular Verbs

For Students 4th - 6th
For this ESL past simple worksheet, students choose the 2nd form of given verbs, choose correct verbs to complete sentences and fill in blanks in a short story using correct past form verbs.
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Passive and Active Verbs-- Also Known as Do or Be Done To

For Students 4th - 5th
In this language arts worksheet, students learn the differences between passive and active verbs. Students begin by first identifying the subject, then the predicate of 10 sentences. Then students fill out a chart, rewriting sentences...
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Using the Verb "Be"

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this verb worksheet, students use the correct form of the "be" verb to complete sentences. Verb forms are given in a word box.
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The Mighty Apostrophe

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Here is a well-designed presentation on apostrophes and their many uses. The apostrophe is used in many different ways, and this PowerPoint does a great job of showing how it's used. There is a nice interactive component built in, and...
Worksheet
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Pronoun + Be + Noun Review

For Students Higher Ed
In this pronoun review worksheet, students read a story about a college student before answering 5 questions using am, is, and are. They circle all of the verbs in the story.
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ESL: Present Continuous Tense

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this present continuous tense worksheet, students look at pictures and choose the correct present continuous tense verb that describes the action, then answer a set of yes/no questions.
Handout
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Avoiding Nominalization

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
Improve syntax with this explanatory handout. It clarifies one way to make writing more precise: avoiding nominalization. This resource provides four ways to find and change nominalization problems and 10 sentences to correct. There are...
Worksheet
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Using Metaphors

For Students 6th - 9th
Learners rewrite seven sentences using a metaphor to express the concept presented literally in the originals. One example is provided. What I like here is that the sentences presented fuel thinking about comparisons to support kids'...
Worksheet
K12 Reader

Metaphor Hunt

For Students 4th - 5th
“Mom said I was a sheepdog…” After reading a brief definition of metaphor, readers are directed to underline all the examples of this type of figurative language found in a short passage about getting a haircut. An answer sheet is included.