Curated OER
Sentence Fragments
As middle and high schoolers experiment with their writing styles, it's easy to slip in a few accidental sentence fragments. After reading a full-page of information regarding how to identify and avoid sentence fragments, learners...
Curated OER
Parallelism (Unit 7-3200)
How do you create parallel structure? Here, the first section details parallelism, providing many examples. The next two sections provide your class with practice opportunities. The first one requires learners to identify the sentences...
Curated OER
Comma Exercises
In this grammar worksheet, students identify the comma rules by reading over them for review. They perform independent practice and the answers are included for the 20 sentences.
Curated OER
Cause/Effect
In this cause and effect worksheet, students learn about 6 different ways to express cause and effect: adverb clause, preposition + noun phrase, conjunction, conjunctive adverb, special expression and reduced adverb clause.
Curated OER
Comma Splices
Ah, the comma splice; somehow it works its way into middle and high schoolers' writing quite often. To start, this worksheet defines comma splice and focuses on the four ways to correct them. For practice, pupils correct the comma...
Curated OER
Until
In this grammar worksheet, students complete eighteen sentences involving the preposition until. Students share their answers with their classmates.
Curated OER
Identifying Parts of Speech
In this grammar worksheet, students master all parts of speech. Students complete 8 sentences, identifying every word and its purpose in each statement.
Curated OER
Subordinate Clauses
In this grammar worksheet, students read about subordinate clauses. Students read about adjective clauses and adverb clauses.
Curated OER
Adverbs
For this grammar worksheet, students read about what an adverb is and answer 2 multiple choice, 2 fill-in the blanks questions and underline the adverb in 8 sentences.
Curated OER
Using Commas: Interactive Practice
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...
Curated OER
The Compound-Complex Sentence
After reading a series of definitions and studying examples, partners craft five of their own compound-complex sentences.
Curated OER
Whether/Weather/Wether
Is it whether, weather, or wether? Learners explore the differences between these three words using examples and descriptions. They conclude by taking an interactive test.
Curated OER
Sentence Combining-With Pirates!
Turn your emergent authors into sentence combining pros. They combine two short sentences to create one complex sentence. There are 5 sets of sentences to combine. Note: This worksheet has a pirate theme and would be perfect for National...
Curated OER
Parts of Speech Exercise
In this grammar worksheet, students identify the underlined part of speech as a noun, pronoun, verb, adjective, article, adverb, conjunction, preposition, or interjection. There are 20 statements to complete.
Curated OER
Subject/Verb (Compound) Recognition Practice
In this compound subject and verb practice worksheet, students read an informative lesson. Students then respond to 10 questions that require them to identify gerunds and identify compound subjects and compound verbs.
Curated OER
Complex Sentences Made Easy (cont.)
In this grammar worksheet, young scholars learn to combine sentences with subordinating conjunctions and adverb clauses. Students complete 12 questions. Note: This page refers young scholars to a list on a page that is not included here.
Curated OER
Review of Compound and Complex Sentences
An excellent language arts worksheet. Learners read seven sentences and determine if each is simple, compound, or complex. In order to practice sentence combining, young writers join 10 sets of sentences to form compound sentences, and...
Curated OER
Narrative Writing for Publication
Seventh graders create an original narrative story in a diary or journal format involving a fictional character with conflict, plot, resolution and falling action within the story line. They follow the steps of the writing process with...
Curated OER
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.
Curated OER
Prose Styles: Tough, Sweet, and Stuffy
Take a walk on the rhetorical side with this presentation, which discusses three styles of prose: tough (ethos), sweet (pathos), and stuffy (logos). The slide show provides thorough definitions and examples of each style, as well as...
Curated OER
Compound Sentence
In this sentence structure worksheet, students review a definition and examples of compound sentences prior to responding to 10 questions that require them to label the parts of compound sentences.
Curated OER
Sentences
Students create different types of sentences. In this sentence writing lesson, students use various types of sentences to make writing interesting. Students play online games and use the interactive whiteboard to practice.
Curated OER
Parts of Speech Chapter 5 - Adverbs
In this online interactive adverbs instructional activity, learners review what adverbs are and how they are used in sentences. Students take a multiple choice pop quiz online in regards to 10 specific questions about adverbs.
Curated OER
Clauses as Fragments
Need a quick assessment of whether or not your young grammarians understand subordinate clauses and fragments? While the rules are reviewed and examples given, the terms are not defined and no directions accompany the 10 sentences...