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Parts of Speech
Review advanced grammar concepts with this standard online interactive multiple choice quiz. Young grammarians must know simple grammar principles such as verbs, prepositions and adverbs as well as higher-level knowledge like passive vs....
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Adverbs
In this adverbs worksheet, learners review and discuss how to recognize adverbs in sentences and complete a two part test over adverbs.
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Say It with Style: Syntax and Parallel Structure
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech provides the text for a lesson that introduces scholars to the significance of syntax. After examining several types of clauses, phrases, and structures, class members use the...
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English Grammar: Parts of Speech
A good overview of the basic parts of speech, this presentation is ideal for a junior high class that likes flashy animation and bright colors. The concepts are complete, but simple enough to lend well to lecture notes. Use the slide...
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Parts of Speech
This online multiple choice quiz focuses on upper-level grammar concepts. In addition to covering simple parts of speech such as nouns, verbs, and adjectives, this resource also covers more advanced information, such as transitive vs....
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Telling "how" something is done
In this adverbs worksheet, students fill in the correct phrase to the sentences for how something is done. Students choose the phrase for 16 sentences.
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Extra Practice--Reductions
This worksheet provides an explanation of how to reduce or shorten time adverb clauses, cause/effect adverb clauses, and adjective clauses. After the explanation, students have an opportunity to practice reducing each type of clause....
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Reductions in Sentences
In this sentence reduction worksheet, learners create shorter sentences by using one of three types of reductions. Students use either a time adverb clause reduction, a cause/effect adverb clause reduction, or an adjective clause...
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Improve Writing
Help your young writers improve their writing skills by showing this great PowerPoint. It includes various tips to improve writing: varying sentence length, beginning with a verb, and lots more! This is a wonderful presentation to show...
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Same...as/As...as
In this same...as and as...as worksheet, students complete sentences with same...as phrases and as...as phrases. Students complete 22 sentences.
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Daily Warm-Ups: Grammar and Usage
If grammar practice is anywhere in your curriculum, you must check out an extensive collection of warm-up activities for language arts! Each page focuses on a different concept, from parts of speech to verbals, and provides review...
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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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So that/ such that: emphasizing qualities and characteristics
In this qualities and characteristics worksheet, students complete sentences with phrases starting with so that or such that while expressing qualities and characteristics. Students complete 10 problems.
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Language - Simple Sentence Structure
In this sentence structure worksheet, 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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Subordinate Clauses
For this grammar worksheet, students read about subordinate clauses. Students read about adjective clauses and adverb clauses.
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Parts of Speech--Adjectives
In this parts of speech worksheet, students review adjective as they read a brief description and underline all of the adjectives in 15 sentences. In addition, students create 2 of their own sentences using adjectives.
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Prepositions
In this prepositions worksheet, learners underline all the prepositions in 5 sentences, underline all of the prepositional phrase in 5 sentences and answer 2 questions with multiple choice answers.
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Total English - Leisure Activities
In this ELL grammar activity, students match verbs that describe leisure activities. They write 6 sentences using each activity and an adverb of frequency or a day of the week. They describe each of the leisure activities using 6...
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Exploring Descriptive Language With Different Parts of Speech
Students practice experiencing writing with appropriate language and incorporating the eight parts of speech. They assess that many words have multiple functions when used in different contexts. Each student free writes in response to a...
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Friendship Poster
Students use WordArt to create a friendship poster. In this friendship instructional activity, students use Microsoft Word to create a friendship poster. Students create phrases using the WordArt program and arrange the phrases on...
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Verbs
Ninth graders define the term 'verb', differentiate between action and linking verbs, and distinguish between active and passive voice. Use this lesson to examine the effect of passive and active voice in writing.
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Misplaced Modifiers
Misplaced modifiers can alter the meaning of a sentence, and take away from a writer's intended message. Use the reference sheet and activity to show middle schoolers how to edit confusing sentences with misplaced modifiers. A great...
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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...
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Sentence Combining
Avoid short, choppy sentences in your class's writing by focusing on sentence structures. The first page in this two-page packet shows your class how to combine sentences using conjunctions, a list, an appositive, or compound predicate....