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What Do You Know About Scotland?

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students investigate global geography by researching the country of Scotland. In this cultural investigation lesson, students view images of Scotland on a computer and listen to audio interviews about Scottish citizens. Students identify...
Worksheet
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Linking Words

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this complete the essay worksheet, students identify adverbs, articles, and subject/verb agreements. In this fill in the blank and short answers worksheet, students write thirty-nine answers.
Lesson Plan
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Grammar Lesson Plan: Simple Past vs. Present Perfect

For Teachers 4th - 10th
What's the difference between the present perfect and simple past? Have your class practice identifying and using both of these verb tenses through pair activities, whole-class discussion, and a worksheet.
Lesson Plan
British Council

Letters Home

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
When you're writing historical fiction, the past really can become the present — especially if you're writing in the present continuous tense! Cover World War I, verb tenses, censorship, and letter writing with one informative lesson and...
Lesson Plan
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Strange Verbs

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students practice how to use helping and auxiliary verbs by using a round-robin story.
Interactive
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The Present Perfect Tense and the Simple Past Tense

For Students 6th - 8th
In this present perfect tense and simple past tense worksheet, students identify the differences between the present perfect tense and the simple past tense.
Interactive
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Phrasal Verbs Quiz

For Students 5th - 6th
In this phrasal verbs worksheet, students identify the phrasal verb, then select the best answer to complete the given sentence that helps define the verb's meaning. There are 10 exercises like this for students to complete.
Worksheet
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Verbs 1

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this ESL verbs vocabulary worksheet, students analyze 7 pictures that depict people doing different activities. Students match these pictures to the verbs that describe them.
Worksheet
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Conjugating Verbs

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this verbs worksheet, students analyze 8 pictures. Students read the sentence next to each picture and from 2 choices, select the correct verb to complete each sentence.
Worksheet
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ESL Action Verbs Matching Worksheet

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this ESL action verb matching worksheet, students match a clip art picture of a person performing an action to the sentence that names it. They complete 5 examples.
Worksheet
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Verbs

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this ESL verbs vocabulary worksheet, students analyze 7 pictures that depict people in action. Students match these pictures with the verbs that describe them.
Worksheet
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Verbs

For Students 2nd - 3rd
For this ESL verbs worksheet, students analyze 7 pictures that show people in action. From 4 choices, students select the correct verb that fills in a space in the sentence that describes the picture.
Worksheet
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Verbs

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this ESL verbs activity, students examine 7 pictures that depict people in action. Students match these pictures to the verbs that describe them.
Worksheet
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Verb Match 2

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this ESL verbs vocabulary worksheet, students analyze 7 pictures that depict people in action. Students match these pictures to the verbs that describe them.
Worksheet
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Irregular Verbs

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this ESL verbs worksheet, learners examine 7 pictures that show people in action. Students match the pictures to the verbs that describe the action.
Worksheet
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ESL Verbs Matching Worksheet

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this ESL verbs matching worksheet, students examine 10 clip art pictures of people doing something. They match the picture to the word that names the action such as wave, shout, knock, or tear.
Website
University of North Carolina

Fragments and Run-ons

For Students 9th - Higher Ed Standards
English teachers around the world cringe when they come across fragments and run-ons in papers. A handout on these poor imitations of sentences helps bring relief by reviewing the basics of sentence construction and by offering...
Lesson Plan
Southern Poverty Law Center

Choosing Reliable Sources

For Teachers K - 2nd Standards
It is more important than ever that 21st-century learners develop the skills they need to become savvy consumers of media. Young learners locate and identify reliable sources of information with a helpful media lesson.
Lesson Plan
Southern Poverty Law Center

Evaluating Reliable Sources

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
A lesson plan instills the importance of locating reliable sources. Scholars are challenged to locate digital sources, analyze their reliability, search for any bias, and identify frequently found problems that make a source unusable. 
Activity
Shoop English

Literature Terms Activity

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Designed to be used with an independent reading book, this activity provides practice with identifying and explaining literary terms. While they read, individuals find instances of literary devices and elements in use in their books....
Lesson Plan
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The Writing Tips: One, Two, There, You're Out!

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Introduce your class to the importance of using active verbs in writing. Learners read sentences in which the word there is used, and identify an active verb that can be used instead. The lesson comes with a comprehensive worksheet for...
PPT
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Sentence Fragments

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Reinforce what constitutes a complete sentence using this presentation. Colorful arrows point to missing parts and clear explanations are presented for missing verbs or incorrect prepositional phrases. Avoid sentence fragments in writing...
Worksheet
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The Gerund Phrase

For Students 6th - 8th
Do your young grammarians need extra practice identifying gerund phrases? After reading a short definition and studying examples, learners underline the gerund phrases in 20 sentences. This worksheet could be used as the basis of a...
Worksheet
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Time words/Tenses Review

For Students 7th - 9th
In this verb tenses review worksheet, students examine 42 sentences with time words in them, identify the verb tense mistakes in each of them, and write corrections.