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Topic Sentences
Students rearrange three groups of sentences within three paragraphs in numerical order. In this topic sentences worksheet, students write a topic sentence for three already formed paragraphs and write three original topic sentences for...
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CTBS Usage Practice #2
In this CTBS practice worksheet, students identify topic sentences, simple subject, and simple predicate. They also combine multiple sentences and identify sentences that do not belong in a paragraph. Students answer nineteen multiple...
Ms. McLaughlin's Homework Page
Simple, Compound, and Complex Sentences
Find out just how much your pupils know about simple sentences, subjects and predicates, sentence fragments, coordinating and subordinating conjunctions, compound sentences, complex sentences, and more! This review page includes...
Pearson
Conditionals
Are you wishing for a great grammar presentation? Wish no longer with an engaging slideshow that focuses on the conditional verb form. Learners begin their sentences with wish before completing them with the correct usage.
English Grammar
Gerund or Infinitive – Fill in the Correct Form
Middle schoolers love listening to music, and they also love to listen to music. So what's the difference? Spell out the nuanced ways to use gerunds and infinitives with a 50-question grammar exercise. Given short sentences and verbs,...
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass an American Slave, Written by Himself
The narrative works of Frederick Douglass engage learners in the topic of slavery. They will experience American history in a new way, a Douglass expresses his thoughts in his own words. Pupils then interpret this literary work.
TESOL
Are You a Good Listener?
Your learners talk to each other every day, but are they really listening? Use a lesson based on listening skills to ensure that class members feel heard and respected. It includes games, discussion topics, and self-assessment tools that...
Road to Grammar
Language Expansion
Improve your pupils' language skills with these discussions and activities. There are four topics included here, and each is paired with discussion prompts (small group and whole class), student handouts, and teacher notes. After...
Saskatchewan Elocution and Debate Association
Grab ‘N Go Debate
Here's a resource that provides debaters with the background information and worksheets they will need when planning a policy debate. Templates and sentence frames, as well as a rationale for using debates in the classroom, are included...
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Teaching Debate to ESL Students
Language learners use the debate format to practice formulating, expressing, and defending their ideas. Working in teams, class members develop resolutions, use opinion indicators to express their opinions and reasons, and prepare...
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Big Grammar Book
With this comprehensive language arts resource in your arsenal, you'll never have to look for another grammar activity! Whether you're teaching kindergartners how to write the upper- and lower-case letters of the alphabet, or helping...
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Excessive Nominalizations
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...
The New York Times
News and News Analysis: Navigating Fact and Opinion in the Times
Help your class understand the difference between fact and opinion by exploring the New York Times homepage and articles. In pairs or small groups, pupils complete a scavenger hunt, answering the provided questions. Next, discuss the...
Road to Grammar
The Unexplained
Are you afraid of what goes bump in the night? Talk about the supernatural with your English language learners to find out their beliefs while practicing speaking skills. Learners read three different viewpoints on the paranormal and...
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Using Gerunds
In this using gerunds instructional activity, students must rewrite sentences using gerunds. Students can check their answers or get hints to help them in this interactive instructional activity.
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First Conditional Verbs
Helpful as a print-out or electronic worksheet, this verb tense worksheet prompts middle and high schoolers to fill in 20 missing first conditional verbs in sentences. They can check their answers and receive hints. The activity would be...
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Gerund Or Infinitive? (Part 4)
In this gerund or infinitive worksheet, students fill in ten spaces in ten sentences with either the gerund or the infinitive form of the verb to make each sentence grammatically correct.
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Using the Past Perfect
For this past perfect tenses worksheet, students practice forming the past perfect of verbs as they combine sentences. Students read the two given sentences and complete the past perfect sentence by filling in the correct verb form.
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Reported Speech
In this reported speech worksheet, students use the correct form of the verb in a reported speech sentence. Students are given a direct quotation and must form a reported speech sentence based upon it.
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Mixed Verb Tenses (Part 5)
In this mixed verb tenses worksheet, students, for each sentence, choose the correct form of the verb to make each sentence grammatically correct.
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Examining newspapers
Students compare and contrast tabloid and broadsheet papers. In this journalism lesson, students examine how techniques and form differs from one type of publication to the other. The culminating activity is for students to take what...
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Cloze Exercise: Gerunds and Infinitives
In this gerunds and infinitives activity, students use either the gerund or the infinitive form of a given verb to complete the sentences correctly. Students have the option to "cheat" and get a hint to check their answers.
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Gerund or Infinitive
In this gerund or infinitive worksheet, learners complete sentences with the gerund "ing" ending or the infinitive "to" form of the verb. Students answer ten fill in the blank questions.
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Past Continuous Tense
In this past continuous tense worksheet, students choose the correct form of the past continuous tense in ten multiple choice sentences.