Curated OER
Wh-ever words
In this wh-ever words worksheet, students choose the correct wh word to complete the sentence. Students complete 12 sentences total.
Curated OER
Stating an Exception
In this but not or except learning exercise, students choose the correct form of the words but not or except to complete the sentences. Students complete 14 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.
Robin L. Simmons
Grammar Bytes: The Verb Phrase
Printable information is provided that demonstrates how to identify a verb phrase in the context of a sentence.
Grammarly
Grammarly Blog: Separable Phrasal Verbs
An explanation and examples of verb phrases that can be separated by a direct object.
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...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Auxiliary (Helping) Verbs
Is the underlined verb the main verb in the sentence, or is it helping the main verb?
University College London
University College London: More Phrase Types
This University College London section of a chapter from an online English-grammar book defines and provides examples of different types of phrases, including noun phrases and verb phrases. This site is currently free but may not be in...
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Possessive Forms
As you learn possessive forms, you will also learn about gerunds, present participles, compound nouns and more. This is a very complete resource tool for this subject.
Grammarly
Grammarly Blog: Inseparable Phrasal Verbs
An explanation and examples of inseparable phrasal verbs and how they are used in sentences.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: American Lit and Comp: Modernism: Subject Verb Agreement
This lesson focuses on subject verb agreement; it provides examples of agreement under a variety of circumstances and the offers a short self-assessment.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Appositive Phrases & Adverbial & Adjectival Phrases and Clauses
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] This lesson discusses the building blocks of phrases and clauses. Notice how the building blocks of phrases follow the parts of speech-nouns, verbs, adjectives, and so on....
Towson University
Towson University: Online Writing Support: Usage Subject Verb Agreement
This entry provides the rules and examples for subject-verb agreement under a variety of situations such as with collective nouns, inverted subjects, compound subjects, indefinite pronoun subjects, and when a phrase or clause separates...
Grammarly
Grammarly Blog: Intransitive Phrasal Verbs
An explanation and examples of intransitive phrasal verbs and how they are used within a sentence.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Subject Verb Agreement
This tutorial focuses on subject-verb agreement in a variety of media. It provides the basic rules of subject-verb agreement with examples in textual format. It also provides a YouTube video with in-depth rules for subject-verb agreement...
Towson University
Towson University: Subject Verb Agreement
This webpage provides a list of nine rules for subject-verb agreement including examples with detailed explanations including arrows and notes as well as exceptions to the rules. It also provides links to terms which are defined with...
University of Texas at Austin
Ser and Estar One More Explanation
This site explains the tricky grammatical option of the two "to be" verbs, ser and estar. The following situations are discussed: joining two nouns, adjective phrases, and prepositional phrases.
Other
Critical Reading: The Noun Phrase
Part of a larger site on "The Fundamentals of Critical Reading and Effective Writing," this section on the noun phrase discusses pre-modifiers, post-modifiers, pronouns, construction of phrases, and more.
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...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Accentuating the Appositive
This slideshow lesson focuses on appositives; it defines them, explains how to identify them, and shows how to punctuate them. It also explains that appositives cannot stand alone and can be removed from the sentence without affecting...
University of Ottawa (Canada)
University of Ottawa: Building Phrases
This discussion on the function of phrases includes a section on verb phrases, noun phrases, noun phrases used as verbals, adjective phrases, and adverb phrases.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Racetrack Sentences
In this lesson, The Berenstain Bears and the Big Road Race, written by Stan Berenstain, is used as a mentor text. Students will record their favorite adjectives from the mentor text, rank them according to their favorite, and share them....
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Appositives
We use appositives to redefine or clarify a noun phrase; test your knowledge in this exercise!
Other
Tameri Guide for Writers: Clauses and Phrases
The first half of this tutorial on clauses and phrases covers topics such as independent clauses, dependent clauses, adjective clauses, adverb clauses, noun clauses, essential clauses, and nonessential clauses. The second part discusses...