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Analyzing a Central Idea: Carlotta’s Journey to Justice
Verbs are deceptive and like to disguise themselves. Young linguists identify verbals, specifically gerunds, infinitives, and participles when analyzing the third stage of Carlotta's journey in the novel A Mighty Long Way. Bridge...
Curated OER
Participles: Another Verbal to Know and Love
In this grammar worksheet, students learn about past and present participles. They then use what they learned to answer the 13 questions on the worksheet. The answers are on the last page of the packet.
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The Verbal Trio - Learning about Verbals
Do you know what a gerund is? Use this grammar instructional activity to help emerging grammarians learn about using different verbs (infinitives, gerunds, and participles) in sentence writing. They then use what they read to answer the...
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Present Participles
In this present participles activity, students review and discuss what present participles of verbs are and fill in three blanks with the appropriate present participle answer.
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Verbal Practice Exercise
In this grammar worksheet, students identify the underlined part of speech in twenty sentences as a gerund, participle or infinitive.
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Verbal (and other) Phrases
Recognize the tense used in each sentence. This online resource requires learners to select a verb tense from the choices presented. There are 10 sentences to work with, and the answer pops up immediately after a selection is made.
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Passive Voice: English Project
Here’s a great idea: Have your class members create presentations about a grammar issue! “English Project” is a colorful, student-produced PowerPoint focused on passive voice. The presentation could be used as a lesson and as a model for...
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Verbals: They look like verbs...but they're not!
Did you know there are three types of verbals? Do you even know what a verbal is? Provide your class with this brief introduction! Participles, infinitives, and gerunds are all introduced, and examples are given. Pair this with a...
McGraw Hill
Grammar Practice Workbook
Make sure your pupils exercise their grammar muscles with this collection of worksheets. Organized into units, the packet covers everything from the parts of speech to sentence structure to punctuation.
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Mid-Unit Assessment: Analysis of Language Techniques
Show what you know. Learners demonstrate mastery of English grammar and usage by completing a pen-and-paper assessment of verbals and verb shifts. In addition, they begin composing a book review based on an independent reading book. The...
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Test Your Grammar Skills: Conjugate a Verb Today!
In this conjugating verbs worksheet, students are given definitions for the infinitive, gerund, and past participle forms. Present, past, and future tenses are also identified and defined.
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Irregular Verbs
For this irregular verbs worksheet, students review, recite and discuss a list of irregular verbs and find the other two forms of eight given verbs for a short test.
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Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers
Start by reading the information provided for both misplaced modifiers and dangling modifiers. The entire first page is explanation and examples-perfect for those who need extra support. On page two, you will find a short, 10-question...
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Phrases as Fragments
A sentence needs to have a subject and a verb. Although your kids know this, fragments often sneak their way into essays and homework assignments. Give your class a review session with this assignment. First, have them read the...
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Gerund Recognition Practice
For this gerund practice worksheet, young scholars discover what gerunds are as they read an informative lesson. Students then respond to 10 questions that require them to identify gerunds and identify the types of nouns they act as in...
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Past Conditional
This printout could be used to introduce the past conditional to your middle schoolers. The top section describes the past conditional and notes examples. There's a short post-assessment included, as well.