Fifth graders explore communication by analyzing manners. In this social skills lesson, 5th graders review the different forms of communication and how to present yourself in a phone conversation, face to face meeting, e-mail, etc....

In this infinitives instructional activity, students read a one page information text about infinitives. Students then answer 10 fill in the blank questions about infinitives.

In this word formation activity, students choose the kind of words that the bold words are and fill in the blanks with words derived from other words. Students complete 35 problems.

In this grammar worksheet, 9th graders focus on the usage of infinitives.  Students read 25 sentences and identify and underline the infinitves in each.

In this parts of speech worksheet, students are given words and they choose which part of speech it is. Students complete 9 problems total.

In this animal adjectives worksheet, students write an animal next to each adjective, write sentences with the adjectives, and answer short answer questions about adjectives. Students complete 5 activities total.

In this comparative adjectives worksheet, students fill in the spaces with the appropriate comparative adjectives in 8 sentences, write two sentences for the following : showing equal comparisons, comparative adjectives, unequal...

In this verbs and adjectives learning exercise, students read the information about participle adjectives. Students underline the participle adjective in each of 12 sentences. Students write the main verb it comes from. Example: broken...

In this clauses worksheet, students correct sentences by inserting commas to set off clauses and change clause pronouns to 'that' when possible. Students combine two sentences into one using adjective clauses.

In this participles worksheet, students read about participles and participial phrases, then describe nouns with participles and underline participial phrases in 4 sentences.

In this same...as and as...as learning exercise, students complete sentences with same...as phrases and as...as phrases. Students complete 22 sentences.

In this verb worksheet, learners read 6 sentences, look at the underlined words in each one and decide whether each underlined word is a gerund, infinitive or participle. Students use the word jump to write a simple sentence for one of...

In this linking verbs worksheet, students fill in 10 fill in the blank answers about the notes they read and read and underline the linking verb in 10 sentences. Students use the verb look as a linking verb in a complete sentence.

In this gerunds worksheet, students highlight the use of the -ing form of verbs as nouns as they respond to 24 fill in the blank and short answer questions.

In this verb worksheet, students read about the verb "BE." Worksheet is informational only, and covers explanations, examples, making questions and using negatives.

In this present participles learning exercise, students review and discuss what present participles of verbs are and fill in three blanks with the appropriate present participle answer.

In this weather worksheet, students discuss differences in sets of weather related words, match the phonemic pronunciation of beginnings of words with endings, match adjectives to form collocations, and complete short answer questions.

In this "to be" activity, students fill in the blanks to sentences with the correct form of the verb "to be". Students complete 10 sentences total.

Learners recognize predictable patterns in literature. They use the selected pattern to create their own writing using the same type of literary pattern. The new writing is proofread by other students and the editing is done until the...

In this modifiers activity, students play a game where they roll cubes and write sentences that include nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs.

For this making sentences worksheet, students use spinners to determine sentence patterns and write them with correct verb tense.

Students draw connections between ideas and images that normally aren't put together, and combine a wide variety of words to form new images.

Students use newspapers or magazines to create an acrostic poem where words are divided into parts of speech.

After reviewing two pages of commonly misused words: effect/affect, accept/except, there/their/they're, etc., learners must choose the proper word in ten different sentences. Note: Answers are listed at the bottom of page three.