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Reported Speech & Direct Speech
Provide your class with this reference page on direct and indirect speech. The page includes definitions of direct speech and reported speech (also known as indirect speech). When writing, pupils can check the sample...
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Requesting Information
Students create a letter requesting information from a local vocational agency using word processing software. They send the finished letter to the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation.
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The Future Continuous and Future Perfect Tenses
Practice completing sentences with its correct future verb tense via fill-in-the-blank and multiple choice options, with a 20 question worksheet.
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Choose the Correct Homophone
It's a known secret that English can be a difficult language to learn, and homophones don't make it any easier. Help your young readers tackle these tricky words with this simple fill-in-the blank exercise in which...
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Safety Sequence
Follow up a class reading of the children's book Officer Buckle and Gloria with this simple sequence-of-events learning exercise. Including pictures of six key moments from the story, young learners must first number them in the...
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Writing Paragraphs: Paragraphs which describe events in chronological order
Students explain the structure of a paragraph which describes chronological events. They demonstrate this by construction in writing of a paragraph.
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WRITING AN ARTICLE FOR A CHILDREN'S MAGAZINE
Students engage in the writing of a magazine article. They focus upon the reading of a children's fiction book and create an informative narrative. They create main ideas and supporting details for the article. The supporting of main...
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Simple Past: Negatives
In this online/interactive past tense negative verbs worksheet, students read sentences with present tense verbs, change the verbs to negative past tenses, check, show a letter, and show answers. Students write 5 answers.
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Reading and Writing Practice
Young scholars read a magazine article about the advantages and disadvantages of teleworking. They answer questions about the article to test their comprehension. They identify parts of each sentence.
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Continuous And Simple Forms
In this language arts worksheet, students learn to spot errors in grammar in dictated sentences. Students work in pairs, one student dictating a sentence to another, who writes what is heard. Some sentences are correct and some have...
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Simple Sequencing
Fourth graders play a stand up version of musical chairs to find their sequencing partners. In this music and language arts lesson, 4th graders enjoy a game that requires them to organize a series of three pictures, then write sentences...
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Past tense
In this grammar worksheet, students write the correct form of the given verb in the sentence. Students choose to use either the simple past tense or the past progressive tense.
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Past Simple
In this picture/word association worksheet, students view and discuss eight pictures and write a question on the line provided for each answer already stated for each picture.
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Math Word Problems-Simple Addition
In this math word problem worksheet, students use space provided to show their work and complete a set of 3 simple addition problems.
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Subject and Predicates, Oh My!
Sixth graders practice using simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences in speaking and writing activities. Handouts and worksheets are included in the lesson.
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ESL-Past Simple
In this ESL past simple worksheet, students complete 3 exercises in which they fill in blanks with the correct past simple form of given verbs.
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Past Simple Tense
In this verb tense worksheet, students complete a crossword puzzle of past tense verbs, complete sentences, use pictures to write where people were in past situations and put verbs in present or past simple tense.
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Past Simple- Passive
In this passive sentence form activity, students make a passive sentence from the three provided phrases. There are 10 sentences to write on this activity intended for ESL students.
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ESL: Past Continuous or Simple Past?
In this tense learning exercise, students use a given verb and re-write sentences using its correct form: continuous or simple past. Links to additional resources are given.
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Write My Name With Shaving Cream
Students write their names using shaving cream. In this write my name lesson, students practice forming letters using shaving cream. Students follow appropriate conventions of print to convey a message and use spacing and letters...
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Saying More with Less
In this sentence revision instructional activity, students rewrite each sentence to eliminate wordiness. Students are encouraged to use shorter, more concise terms and make each word meaningful in the sentences.
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Internet Quiz- Present Simple
In this ESL present simple Internet quiz learning exercise, students read 11 questions that require Internet research. Students answer in the present simple form.
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Simple Present
In this ESL simple present verbs vocabulary worksheet, learners analyze 7 pictures that depict different leisure activities. Students match these pictures with the verbs that describe them.
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Small Group Shared Writing
Students discuss elements of effective writing in small groups. They work together to critique individual and group writing focusing on including supporting details.