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Passive voice - Present Simple

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this passive voice learning exercise, students rewrite the sentences to be in the passive voice. Students complete 10 sentences total.
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ESL Simple Past Verb Tense- Yes/No Questions

For Students 5th - 6th
In this ESL simple past tense verb worksheet, learners look at 8 pictures before they answer the yes/no questions. They use the simple past tense of the verbs.
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Language with Linguistic Legos

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students visualize and manipulate sentences as building blocks, and, given a key, use Legos™ to demonstrate how to construct sentences of variety (simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex).
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If I Could Have Lived in Another Time or Culture

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders develop multi-paragraph compositions. They include an introduction, first and second level support, and a conclusion. They use a variety of sentence structures (e.g., simple, compound/complex) and sentence types (i.e.,...
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To Be

For Students 4th - 5th
In this sentence completion worksheet, students practice filling in the gaps/blanks in ten sentences with appropriate simple words that make each sentence grammatically correct.
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Story Mapping A Favorite Book

For Teachers 1st
First graders create a diagram of a story by using the computer program Kidspiration. For this diagramming lesson plan, 1st graders will pick a book to write about. They then will plug in story elements of the book into the computer...
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Test Your Grammar Skills: Sentence Building 2

For Students 4th - 6th
In this sentence building worksheet, students will write 6 sentences following this format" article, adjective, noun, verb (past simple), preposition, article, noun.
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Test Your Grammar Skills: Sentence Building 4

For Students 4th - 6th
In this grammar instructional activity, students will build 6 sentences using the following format: article, adjective, occupation, verb (past simple), adverb, preposition, article, room.
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Sentence Building 4

For Teachers 7th
In this sentence building worksheet, 7th graders use the given grammar elements to write six sentences. Students use the following grammar elements: article, adjective, verb, adverb, and preposition.
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Sentence Building 2

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this sentence building worksheet, students write 6 sentences using the given grammar elements. Students include articles, adjectives, nouns, verbs, and prepositions.
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Insect Anatomy

For Teachers 4th - 5th Standards
Young entomologists discover insect anatomy in a very detailed unit plan. Offering background information for teachers about various insects, class members explore the differences between bugs and insects—and yes, there are many...
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Improving Editing and Proofreading Skills

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Pupils explore interactive web sites to improve their editing and proofreading skills. Using the SMART Board, students identify capitalization and punctuation errors in a given sentence. Pupils discuss proofreading strategies.
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High Frequency Words with Clip Art

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders invent sentences using high frequency words. In this literacy lesson, 2nd graders type simple sentences using high frequency words, and a clip art picture for each sentence.
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Simple Past Sentences

For Students Higher Ed
In this simple past worksheet, students will focus on usage of the past tense. Students will complete 7 matching questions by looking at the pictures in one column and matching them with the correct verb in the second column. Then...
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Simple Past Survey

For Students Higher Ed
In this simple past ESL worksheet, students will focus on answering questions using the simple past tense. Students will respond to 8 simple past questions by responding in the positive or the negative.
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Beginning Sentence Completion 1

For Students 4th - 5th
For this sentence completion worksheet, learners read the sentences and choose the best word or words to complete the 12 sentences.
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Seismometer

For Teachers 4th - 8th
All this resource provides is a black line diagram of a simple seismometer and two sentences explaining how it works. Use this as a transparency or display it through your projector when studying tectonic activity. It would be especially...
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The General Grammar Quiz

For Students 5th - 8th
In this verb tense and sentence writing activity, learners 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 the...
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Show You Care

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students construct a four-line poem to be used on the inside of a Valentine's Day card. They use a digital camera to show themselves to their "buddies" (local nursing home patients) who receive the cards on Valentine's Day.
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Frantically Fragmented

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students practice changing sentence fragments into complete sentences.
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Noun/Adjective/Subject/Verb Agreement

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Pupils create a wheel from construction paper to use to create sentences. The wheel consists of four concentric circles, beginning with the largest being 8 inches in diameter. Each circle represents one part of a sentence. Students spin ...
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Write A Description

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Pupils practice composing sentences that pertain to the description of a picture. They use critical observation skills in order to derive the best details. The sentences are required to follow the correct subject and verb pattern.
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Bank on It! The Caterpillar

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this language arts worksheet, students examine 10 commonly used words in a word bank. Students use the words to complete a paragraph about a caterpillar as it should appear.
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Short Vowels

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Learners will create a list of short vowel sound words and participate in computer phonics activities to practice. They will read an interactive storybook online. Next, they will complete words in order to better understand short vowel...