American English
Welcome to the Color Vowel Chart
Focus English language learners' attention on word stress and phrase stress with a pronunciation chart that breaks the sounds into moving and non-moving vowel sounds. The chart tool uses colors and key words to indicate where to put the...
Reed Novel Studies
The Search for Delicious: Novel Study
Have you ever gone looking for one thing but ended up discovering something else? That is exactly what happened to Gaylen, a character in The Search for Delicious. Gaylen begins looking for a food to label as delicious, but discoveres...
ETFO
Free Verse Poetry Rubric
Follow poetry instruction with a four-category rubric designed to guide budding poets' writing of free verse poetry.
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Language - Simple Sentence Structure
In this sentence structure activity, students read a selection about sentence structure and draw a red circle around the noun phrase and a blue circle around the verb phrases in 5 sentences. Students also construct 6 simple sentences.
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Verb Mistakes Activity
In this verb worksheet, students correct verb mistakes in a set of 16 sentences; students correct grammar mistakes, missing words and incorrect verbs.
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Collocations-Verbs
In this adverb worksheet, students select from a list of twelve adverbs to complete the sentences. Each sentence has one missing word. This worksheet is intended to be used with upper-intermediate English language learners.
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Using the Present Perfect in Questions
In this present perfect verbs worksheet, students use 12 phrases to write 12 questions. Students also fill in the blanks in 15 phrases with "for" or since".
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English Exercises: American English File 3
In this English file # worksheet, 7th graders interactively select the correct verb tense in 15 sentences, fill in the blanks 10 comparing sentences and mark the sentences with explain 7 traffic signs shown, and match 8 phrases, with...
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Mustn't or Don't Have To
In this mustn't or don't have to activity, students fill in the blanks with the words mustn't or don't have to. Students complete 10 sentences total.
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Subject–Verb Agreement
In this subject/verb agreement worksheet, students respond to 10 multiple choice questions that require them to select verbs or verb phrases that agree with the subjects of the sentences.
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8 Parts of Speech
Here is a terrific presentation to use as you are introducing the eight parts of speech to your class. Each of the parts of speech gets a thorough introduction, and many examples are given. There is a strong interactive component to this...
Loudoun County Public Schools
Figurative Language Packet
A definitive resource for your figurative language unit includes several worksheets and activities to reinforce writing skills. It addresses poetic elements such as simile and metaphor, personification, hyperbole, and idioms, and...
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Adverbs and Adverb Phrases
Fourth graders explore adverbs and adverb phrases. They practice writing adverb phrases describing the action in a selected sports picture. Students discuss the definition of adverbs and adverb phrases. They practice writing several...
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Collocations- Verbs
In this verbs and adverbs activity, students analyze 12 adverbs in a word bank. Students use these to fill in the blanks in 12 sentences. This is intended for ESL use.
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Grammar Test - Tenses
In this grammar worksheet, students complete a variety of activities including combining sentences with a when clause, selecting a grammatically correct phrase out of two and supplying a verb to complete ten sentences.
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What Do You Know About Scotland?
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...
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Worksheet 9: There Is/Are
This nifty activity has learners identify locations on a map. Once students have identified the location, they use a word bank to fill in the blanks on the worksheet. This activity could be used with elementary children or ESL students.
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Phrasal Verbs Reversal Game
Students match definitions to verbal phrases. In this English grammar lesson, students work in pairs to match the definition to its correct verbal phrase.
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ESL: Be and Have Got
In this ESL worksheet, students complete charts for the verb phrases "to be" and "have got." Students fill in columns with statement, contraction of S+V, Questions, Negatives, Contraction plus negative and Negative contraction.
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ESL Grammar: Have To
In these English Learners grammar worksheets, students complete five worksheets with various activities that help them learn how to correctly use the phrases 'I have to' and 'I don't have to.'
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Language--Modifier Phrases
For this modifier phrases worksheet, students rewrite 5 sentences correcting the dangling modifiers in each one and combine 5 pairs of sentences into one sentence by using a modifier phrase.
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The Writing Tips: One, Two, There, You're Out!
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 instructional activity comes with a comprehensive...
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Commas After Introductions Exercises
Print or use online to remind learners of the proper use of commas in introductory phrases. If they are correctly punctuated, they put a C on the line. If there is an error, students put an X and circle the error. They then write 9...
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Subject Verb Agreement Lesson Plan
Ninth graders are introduced to the rule for subject and verb agreement. In groups, they discuss the differences between formal and informal English and identify situations in which one or the other is acceptable. To end the lesson,...