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Advice: Should, Shouldn't, Ought to, Had Better, and Had Better Not

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
You shouldn't miss out on an opportunity to review should, shouldn't, ought to, had better, and had better not! Elementary and middle schoolers view a slideshow presentation that focuses on usage rules and examples for these tricky verbs.
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Pearson

The Comparative

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
A lecture on comparative adjectives is good, but an engaging presentation is better! Take learners through the rules of comparing one thing to another with a slideshow about how some experiences can be better or worse than others.
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Curated OER

Flying Through Quotation Marks

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Make discussing quotation marks interesting by using this presentation. Each Disneyland themed slide includes an example, punctuation rule, and Micky Mouse style sound effects. Each example has a context which is important for making...
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Curated OER

Hammurabi's Code

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students explore philosophy by analyzing a historic quote. In this fairness lesson, students read a quote by Hammurabi which discusses whether law is for punishing the bad or rewarding the good. Students examine the Ten Commandments and...
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Curated OER

Don't Have to and Mustn't Exercise

For Students 5th - Higher Ed
In this grammar worksheet, students differentiate between choice and prohibition. Students insert either 'don't have to' or 'mustn't' to complete the sentences.
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Curated OER

Appropriate Use of Helping Verbs

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
Intended for learners struggling with or having issues using auxiliary verbs, this activity has them orally compose sentences using one of the provided helping verbs. They will attempt to find patterns in groups of verbs and make class...
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Curated OER

Writing Review 3

For Students 4th - 6th
After reviewing basic capitalization and punctuation rules, give your young grammarians this four-question quiz to assess their understanding of the most basic English language conventions. 
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Curated OER

Verb Review 1: Present/Past

For Students 3rd - 5th
Use this learning exercise (with four mini-exercises) to sum up skills learned about various verb forms and usage rules. It covers present, present progressive, past simple, and future tenses in regular and irregular verbs. Young...
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Curated OER

Using Commas: Interactive Practice

For Students 5th - 9th
Learners read an overview of comma usage rules and then take an online interactive quiz. First they answer 10 multiple choice questions in which they identify the sentence with incorrect usage. On the next page, they retype a given...
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Curated OER

Using Quotation Marks: Around Titles of Short Works

For Students 4th - 6th
When do you use quotation marks around titles? Review the rules at the top of the page, and then let learners decide if the sentences that follow use the quotations correctly. An answer sheet is included. 
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Curated OER

Usage Errors

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Look at the most commonly confused words in the English language! This resource briefly explains the difference between there, they're, and their as well as too, to, and two, and finally it's and its. First, read the section entitled...
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Welcome to the World of it's and its

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
The first half of this PowerPoint gives explanations of the contraction it's, and then many examples of how to use it in sentences. The second half of the PowerPoint does the with its, showing possession in a statement. The cartoon...
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Interactive
Curated OER

Practice with Commas

For Students 5th - 8th
Young grammarians practice comma usage in an interactive online quiz. Focusing mostly on restrictive/nonrestrictive clauses and the "FAN BOYS" rule, about joining two independent clauses with a conjunction, each of 10 sample sentences...
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Write.com

A Versus An

For Students 5th - 8th
Provided here are ten example sentences for reviewing and practicing when to use an instead of a. There is no explanation of the rules about when and how to use a and/or an included in the resource. You may want to use this worksheet as...
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Collaborative Learning Project

Punctuation Games

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
It might not be "Conjunction Junction" but your school room will rock with this punctuation game. Game rules, templates, and background information are all included in the packet.
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Conventions: Quotation Marks

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders determine the difference between indirect and direct quotations. In this grammar lesson, 5th graders recognize that direct quotations have quotation marks and understand what the rules are for using quotation marks.
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Curated OER

Plurals Practice Sheet

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this plurals practice worksheet, students read a chart explaining how to make singular nouns plural with examples and apply the rules to make singular nouns plural. Students write thirty-five plural words.
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Curated OER

Sim's Cities

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students investigate city management and government by creating a fictional city in groups.  In this civics activity, students create rules and a mascot for their fictitious city which they create from poster board cubes.  Students...
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Curated OER

Lesson 3: Subject and Verb Agreement: Singular Nouns and Pronouns He, She, It

For Teachers 5th - 6th
For this subject and verb agreement worksheet, learners learn the rules for making the subject and verb agree when there is a singular noun: he, she, it. Students answer 25 questions.
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Curated OER

Using Capital Letters

For Students 4th - 5th
In this language arts worksheet, students learn the capitalization rules. Students read the information, then complete 8 pages of exercises. Students capitalize names, license plates, post codes (UK) and abbreviations. Students rewrite...
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Your Voice

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
This is a very interesting resource that could be a helpful tool in the right context. Learners discuss the appropriate speaking volume needed in given situations. They practice one-on-one discussions, class discussions, and responding...
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Curated OER

Be Supposed to and Had Better Exercise

For Students 4th - 6th
In this filing in the blanks to complete sentences worksheet, students use the choices be supposed to or had/I'd better in their correct forms. Students fill in 12 blank answers.
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Curated OER

Worksheet on Commas

For Teachers 5th - 6th
In this grammar worksheet, students investigate the proper use of commas by reading 20 sentences and inserting commas when necessary. Students then read the comma rules and write a sentence using the rule indicated. Students read a...
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Curated OER

Is it Their, There or They're?

For Students 4th - 6th
In this pronoun and homonym activity, students review the rules of when to use their, there and they're. Students then put the correct form of the word in the ten sentences given. In addition, the students summarize what homonyms are and...

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