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Clause Practice Exercise
In this grammar activity, learners identify the underlined phrase or clause in twenty sentences as independent, restrictive, non-restrictive or simply a phrase.
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Phrase Practice Exercise
In this grammar worksheet, students identify the underlined phrase or clauses in twenty sentences as prepositional, participial, gerund or an infinitive phrase.
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Parallelism, Including Correlative Conjunctions and Comparisons
After reading the first reference page about parallel structure using correlative conjunctions, young learners rewrite nine sentences with errors in parallelism. Even the strongest writers in your language arts class could benefit from...
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Clauses, Verbs, and Phrases
In this grammar worksheet, students read 23 sentences and mark the noun clause, adjective clause, or adverb clause. They read 20 sentences to find a noun phrase, verb phrase, or prepositional phrase.
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Adjective Clauses
In this adjective clauses worksheet, students read the ten sentences and choose an adjective clause from the drop down menu that best combines the two sentences given. This is an interactive worksheet.
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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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Punctuation (The Comma vs. The Semicolon)
Explore English by participating in a grammar correcting activity. Elementary and middle schoolers distinguish when to use commas from when to use semicolons. Then they correct twelve sentences by placing commas and semicolons in the...
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Using Punctuation Correctly
A PowerPoint presentation outlines the basic rules for correct comma usage. Viewers then edit texts for correct comma usage, identify which rules are being addressed, and complete worksheets as needed. The PowerPoint is included;...
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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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Commas 101: The Basics
Clear up common questions about commas with this handy resource! Useful as a reference page as well as a grammar activity, it presents six different rules for comma usage, including fanboys, lists, and parenthetical words and phrases. A...
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Unit 5: Making Arrangements
Are future entrepreneurs prepared to set up a meeting or schedule a conference call? Lesson five of a nine-part series of career education and skills activities focuses on proper punctuation and great grammar in the business world....
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English Exercises: Schoolhouse Rock
"Conjunction, junction, what's your function?" The lyrics to the classic Schoolhouse Rock episode "Conjunction Junction" accompany what was once a link to the video. Video has been "removed by the user," but it would be a snap to find...
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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...
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The Leprechaun's Treasure
Here is a good parts of sentences worksheet that uses leprechauns! Young writers read sentences about a leprechaun's treasure and then circle the predicates, underline the subjects, and double underline the phrases. They do this for 20...
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Restating Infinitive Phrases
In this infinitive phrases worksheet, students change the sentence around so that the infinitive phrase is now a gerund phrase. Students complete 10 sentences.
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Using Conditionals: If and Unless
In this using conditionals: if and unless worksheet, students read the explanations and examples, then interactively complete 12 sentences with immediate online feedback.
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Fragments and Types of Sentences
In this online interactive grammar learning exercise, students answer 10 multiple choice questions regarding fragments and types of sentences. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Grammar Test - Tenses
In this grammar worksheet, students complete a variety of activities including combining sentences with a when clause, selecting a grammatically correct phrase out of two and supplying a verb to complete ten sentences.
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Lesson Plan 18: Cleaning It Up
Careful proofreading is an important step in the writing process. After guided practice using a provided worksheet that details common grammar concepts, young writers refer to the worksheet as they proofread their own work....
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Shopping
Talk about what you bought last weekend with plenty of activities centered around the theme of shopping. English language learners have the opportunity to listen, speak, write, and read over the course of these exercises. The resource...
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Reducing Adjective Clauses Part 2
In this reducing adjective clauses part 2 worksheet, students read the explanation for shortening a relative (adjective) clause with an active voice verb, then interactively completes 10 sentences by reducing the modifying clause to a...
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Reduction of Adverb Clauses: Worksheet #3
In this grammar worksheet, students reduce the adverb clauses to phrases when possible. If they cannot, then they write "NP". There are 10 sentences for students to reduce.
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Subordinate Clauses
In this grammar worksheet, students read about subordinate clauses. Students read about adjective clauses and adverb clauses.
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Sentence Styles: Lesson Ten
For a basic overview of phrases (prepositional, absolute, appositive, and participial), use this presentation in your grammar unit. Each slide contains a short explanation and an example, concluding with a slide about relative clauses....