Curated OER
Comparative And Superlative Adjectives
Third graders watch "School House Rocks" video about adjectives. They discuss how adjectives both describe and compare things. They determine the difference between comparative and superlative adjectives and how to add "er" or "est" to...
Curated OER
Introduction to Computers and Understanding Commands
Students conjugate the simple past and present tenses of various verbs, and respond to computer commands. They view computer flashcards, and complete a verb conjugation worksheet.
Curated OER
Biographical Research Paper
Students choose a subject for a biographical research paper. They use books, the Internet, encyclopedias and articles to gather information on a determined subject then follow a rubric to write a research paper.
Curated OER
Present Perfect Simple or Continuous
Students discuss and analyze the differences between the present perfect simple and present perfect continuous forms from a clear context and develop the skill of noticing word stress, weak forms of auxiliaries.
Towson University
Towson University: Online Writing Support: Noun Functions Exercise 1
This is a 10-question, self-grading practice/quiz on the functions of nouns in sentences.
Grammarly
Grammarly Blog: Countable and Uncountable Nouns With Adjectives
This Grammarly Handbook resource clarifies the difference in usage between countable and uncountable nouns in sentences. Numerous examples are provided in this resource.
Grammarly
Grammarly Blog: Concrete Nouns
This Grammarly Handbook resource provides a definition for concrete nouns. Examples of concrete nouns in the context of sentences are provided.
University of Calgary
University of Calgary: Sentence Elements: Noun Clauses
This section of an online grammar guide provides instructions and examples for using subordinate (dependent) clauses as nouns in constructing sentences.
Grammarly
Grammarly Blog: Inseparable Phrasal Verbs
An explanation and examples of inseparable phrasal verbs and how they are used in sentences.
University of Calgary
University of Calgary: Sentence Elements: Noun & Verb Phrases
This section of an online grammar guide provides definitions and examples of noun and verb phrases and how they are used in sentences.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Grammar: Sentence Components
This lesson focuses on sentence components. It provides a slideshow with each of the eight parts of speech plus articles; it defines each and gives examples using them in sentences. It also offers the lyrics to "The Grammar Song" in...
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Writing Concise Sentences
Why write five paragraphs when you can say what you want to say in two? Learn how to make the most of your words and sentences to get your point across without being too wordy.
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Absolute Phrase
Understanding how phrases are built and function will be an invaluable tool for students. This tutorial features many examples to help the student in grasping grammar concepts.
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Principles of Composition
If you are a teacher OR a student looking for a well-informed website on elements of the writing process, you are in luck! This site from the Capital Community College is very comprehensive and easy-to-navigate. From grammar basics to...
Robin L. Simmons
Grammar Bytes: The Concrete Noun
Printable information is provided that demonstrates how to identify a concrete noun in the context of a sentence.
Robin L. Simmons
Grammar Bytes: The Proper Noun
Printable information is provided that demonstrates how to identify a proper noun in the context of a sentence.
Robin L. Simmons
Grammar Bytes: The Count Noun
Printable information is provided that demonstrates how to identify a count noun in the context of a sentence.
Robin L. Simmons
Grammar Bytes: The Common Noun
Printable information is provided that demonstrates how to identify a common noun in the context of a sentence.
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Catastrophes of Apostrophic Proportions
An interactive exercise where students practice apostrophe use with plural nouns, singular and plural possessives, possessive pronouns, and irregular plural nouns. In each of the six sentences, students choose the correct apostrophe...
Grammarly
Grammarly Blog: Comma Use Around Interrupters
This page focuses on the need for commas around interrupters in sentences and provides examples. Common interrupters include in fact, to say the least, however, generally speaking, sadly, happily, and unfortunately. Nouns of address can...
Grammarly
Grammarly Blog: What Are Adjectives?
This blog article explains what adjectives are, what they can do in sentences, and provides examples of each.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Harcourt: School Publishers: Multimedia Grammar Glossary
Designed as a complement to Harcourt's Trophies Reading series, this handy grammar glossary allows you to look up grammar terms typically covered in grades 1-5. For each term, you will see a definition, sample sentence (sometimes...
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: A Quiz in Phrasal Verbs
In this quiz, students match phrasal verbs in one column with sentences that could contain those verbs in another column by typing the number of the sentence that fits the phrase in the box provided. Note that the phrasal verb could be...
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Pronouns and Pronoun Antecedent Agreement
This tutorial-quiz for pronoun usage features many examples of where pronouns fit in a sentence to achieve proper antecedent agreement.