A diamante poem, a form poem, compares two nouns using adjectives and participles. The worksheet provided by Busy Teacher Café includes the definitions of these parts of speech, a model for the form, and a sample poem. The...

Third graders play a station activity game forming plurals by adding -s, -es, changing y to i and adding -es, changing the f or fe to v and adding -es, and some irregular cases.

In this subject and verb agreement worksheet, students learn the rules for making the subject and verb agree when there is a singular noun: he, she, it. Students answer 25 questions.

In this vocabulary worksheet, students learn that an abstract noun is a noun that does not have a physical form. Students write abstract nouns to match twenty adjectives.

In this vocabulary worksheet, students recall that an abstract noun is a noun that does not have a physical form. Students write a matching abstract noun for a list of twenty adjectives.

Eliminate unnecessary nominalizations from your middle schoolers' writing! After reviewing a reference page for the -tion ending (and when it can be excessive in writing), students rewrite eight sentences to change nominalizations to a...

Who is taller? And who is the tallest? Help your Spanish language learners express comparison by teaching them about comparatives and superlatives. The first part of the webpage includes in-depth explanations with examples of...

In this infinitive adjective worksheet, students read about infinitives and adjectives, then find infinitives acting like adjectives in a set of 10 sentences. Worksheet contains links to additional activities.

Which is bigger: the sun or the moon? Which is nearer: the planets or a star? English Language Learners first located a series of space-related nouns and adjectives in a word search, and then identify the comparative and superlative...

In this ESL word formation worksheet, students complete each sentence using the proper form of the word or words given in bold below the sentence. They fill in 9 blanks in seven sentences.

In this adverbs instructional activity, learners answer short answer questions about adverbs and identify parts of speech in sentences. Students complete 22 problems.

In this linking verbs worksheet, students circle the linking verbs and underline the adjective or noun it represents. Students complete 9 sentences.

In this grammar worksheet, 5th graders create sets of cards which are grouped into 20 parts of speech. In each group there are about 60 cards with nouns, verbs, conjunctions, question words and other categories of words. There are...

Discuss the importance of a lead in writing with your upper graders. They examine several examples of leads from literature and practice writing leads for pieces of artwork. They then select a topic from a list and write an introductory...

In this adjective worksheet, students underline adjectives that tell "what kind" in a set of 12 sentences. Worksheet contains a link to additional activities.

After reviewing Spanish articles, nouns, noun gender, subject pronouns, and the verb ser, give your emerging Spanish speakers this practice packet. Several activities are included: an unscrambling exercise, translation practice, an...

In this grammar activity activity, learners use the given adjective and change the word to a noun, adverb, or verb form if possible. Students complete 40 examples.

In this quantifiers online interactive instructional activity, students complete 12 sentences by supplying the appropriate adjective that completes each one grammatically correct. Students rewrite 10 sentences using negative quantifiers....

Pupils read The Witch of Blackbird Pond, and write a friendly letter to Elizabeth George Speare, the author, discussing their points of interest in the novel with her.

In this recognizing participles in sentences worksheet, young scholars read definitions and examples of participle usage, read statements, identify one or two participles, and write the noun or pronoun they modify. Students write 34...

A lesson begins with a description of a diamante poem and the rules to follow while writing one. Scholars examine the ins and outs of synonym and antonym diamantes, then compose an original poem using their newfound knowledge. 

Work a few of these activities into your unit on jobs and professions for beginning French speakers. This teacher's guide focuses on feminine and masculine word endings, and introduces the teacher to different opportunities for oral...

Combine vocabulary development and a study of verb tenses with a general introduction to sports. Class members get acquainted with the language associated with sports, and then complete a project to design and describe their own...

Students listen to a story and discuss the verbs in the past tense. They complete a worksheet activity to practice forming the past tense of irregular verb forms.