What's the difference between an adverb and an adjective? And aren't all -ly words adverbs? Reinforce the difference between adverbs and adjectives with a straightforward exercise.

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...

Put young grammarians to the test with an activity about adverbs. A five-paragraph passage prompts kids to find the adverbs and circle them, noting their purpose in context.

What a mess! Read about Lilly-Ann's birthday cupcake surprise and work on grammar skills at the same time. Four lengthy paragraphs provide kids with many opportunities to find and circle adverbs. They note the ways that adverbs come in...

Have you ever heard the phrase, "Anywhere a mouse can go?" It is often used to identify a preposition! Provide your class with a list of prepositions, and then have your young grammarians complete the 10 sentences provided. 

Answer the questions where and when with this handy prepositions worksheet. Twelve questions contain prepositional phrases for your class to find and label; the first one is completed as an example. The resource includes an answer key on...

Your class will find using similes as easy as pie after completing this figurative language exercise. Provided with a list of incomplete similes, young writers must use their creativity to fill in the blanks with nouns that accurately...

The star on the top of a Christmas tree can be beautiful, or it can be gold, or it can be shiny—or, in fact, it can be all three! A picture of a decorated Christmas tree encourages pupils to choose from a list of 18 adjectives to...

Learners are given a puzzle on which to find 18 pronouns. The pronouns are listed on the bottom of the page. The words appear diagonally, horizontally, and vertically.

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.

In this audience adaptation worksheet, students consider ways to adapt a speech for a particular audience.  Students answer a series of questions leading them to gain the attention and interest of their particular audience.

In this Internet research learning exercise, learners find two credible sources on their chosen subject for a speech.  Students note the useful information they gained from the article and offer evidence of the credibility of each...

First graders read the nouns and noun phrases. They fill in the space with the article adjective "a" or "an." Everyone complete 10 examples.

Your young writers identify a singular animal shown in an illustration and write its name on the line. They then write the plural form of the word under a picture with two of the same animal. Four different examples are given, and all...

Pronouns used as indirect objects are the focus of this short worksheet that asks learners to fill in the correct pronoun.

Book goes with it and Sarah goes with she... but what about the rest of these nouns and pronouns? Challenge your pupils to match the nouns and pronouns to each other correctly during this memory-style game.

What is the conditional tense? English language learners choose one of three multiple choice options to complete a sentence in the conditional tense. There are 10 questions, and an answer sheet is provided. 

Learners write in the pronoun that correctly completes each of 10 sentences in a passage about intercultural marriage. Check the passage first so you can be clear with your students (or open a discussion on the subject) of plural...

Who knows where or when? The preposition knows! Young grammarians are asked to identify the preposition and the connecting prepositional phrases in 16 sentences. An answer key is provided.

Crafty sentence builders go beyond the plan old subject and verb construction and add details that make their sentences more exciting. This worksheet models how to add directional prepositions like beyond and toward to enliven writing. A...

Could your young learners use some help with writing variety? Have them turn their adjectives into adverbs with a simple grammar exercise. Ten sentences prompt kids to find the adjective and rewrite the sentence to use an adverb instead.

Pronto is a good dog. He saves the narrator's dolls that got into the water and brings them back to the pond's edge. Readers respond to four comprehension questions after reading about Pronto.

Using adjectives to create vivid descriptions is the focus of exercises in this resource. A cloze reading activity asks class members to add missing adjectives to passages from Mark Teague's The Lost and Found. They then read...

How did Theodore Roosevelt stress the importance of conservation during his time as president of the United States? Take a closer look at the language Roosevelt used himself in a 1907 address to Congress, and have your young...