Women’s History Month Eleanor Roosevelt : Verb Corrections

Work on mastering subject and verb agreement with this one-page exercise. Twenty-five questions are provided, and learners must identify the correct verb choice out of two options. Answers are not included. 

A brief summary of Guy de Maupassant’s “The Necklace,” provides an opportunity for class members to practice verb tense agreement. First, young grammarians underline all the verbs in the passage, and then correct any tense errors they...

Targeting some commonly misused verbs, this worksheet could help students avoid language-related errors. While just a short review of verbs, it could be a way to introduce the importance of proper word usage.

Subject-verb agreement is featured in this activity. Students answer 10 questions, making sure that the subject and verbs agree in each example.

Do some of your writers need an extra lesson on correcting run-ons and comma splices? This learning exercise clearly defines the terms, provides models of run-on sentences, comma splice errors, and how to correct them. The second page of...

Intermediate level ESL classes could benefit from this worksheet that requires reading a passage and correcting the identified errors. The mistakes include verb tense, spelling, and syntax. This might also prove useful for middle schoolers.

Using the correct verb tense can be difficult for middle schoolers. This ten-question activity requires students to identify the correct word for use in each sentence.

Regular and irregular verb forms are outlined in this catchy PowerPoint. After discussing the infinitive, simple present, simple past, past participle, and present participle forms of verbs, your scholars take a quick test that includes...

Why is it so important to have consistent verb tense when writing? Discuss some of the implications with your middle and high school classes. Examples are provided, and both incorrect and corrected sentences are shown. There's a lot of...

Review common errors with subject/verb agreement in this presentation, based on Mamie Webb Hixon's Real Good Grammar, Too. The slides address singular and plural subjects, indefinite pronouns, and collective nouns, complete with several...