Provide your class with this reference page on direct and indirect speech. The page includes definitions of direct speech and reported speech (also known as indirect speech). When writing, pupils can check the sample...

The basics of direct speech and indirect speech are outlined in this informative language arts presentation. Pupils see that these are the two ways to report what someone is saying. In direct speech, the speaker's exact words are used....

For this nouns in sentences worksheet, learners first read about the difference between direct and indirect objects. Students read ten sentences and write down the indirect and the direct object.

What sets this activity apart are the clear, concise explanations for some rather complex grammatical terms. Object complements, subject complements, transitive and intransitive verbs, and direct and indirect objects are all carefully...

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...

The focus of this language arts worksheet are the differences between direct and indirect speech. Learners efer to a story and analyze examples of direct or indirect speech, note verb tense changes and converting five sentences.

Replacing a gift can end up in an awkward moment—but not when replacing a noun with a pronoun! Watch the most effective ways to use subject and object pronouns, as well as direct and indirect object pronouns, with an entertaining...

Learners write dialogue. For this character development lesson students use direct or indirect speech to include a confrontation between two characters in their story. Learners portray the emotions of the characters in addition to what...

If you give this instructional activity to your class, make sure you know where the indirect object is! Young grammarians work on their grammar skills with a series of ten sentences, each with an indirect object ready for pupils to circle.

Distinguish between passive and active voice with a grammar worksheet. It contains three exercises in which pupils turn direct speech into indirect speech and create new sentences using passive voice. 

Whether viewed as a whole class, or individually, this PowerPoint is a fabulous resource for teaching and reinforcing the rules of pronouns. There are 22 slides total; the first nine explain the differences between subjective, objective,...

See various examples of connotations in phrases and semantics. Speech acts are displayed along with their contexts and meanings.

Show this presentation to demonstrate how to diagram sentences. Meant for more advanced grammarians who know the difference between indirect and direct objects, this PowerPoint adds on new elements to each slide. The graphics and sound...

Pronouns used as indirect objects are the focus of this short worksheet that asks learners to fill in the correct pronoun.

In this nouns as indirect objects worksheet, students underline verbs that show action, circle direct objects, and check the indirect objects in sentences. Students complete 10 problems.

Directly address the use of the indirect object pronouns with a activity on how to locate them in sentences and worksheets that provide opportunities for practice using them.

In this transitive/intransitive verbs learning exercise, students identify and use each verb type. In this fill in the blank learning exercise, students answer twenty questions.

In this reported speech worksheet, students change 10 sentences into direct speech, change 18 sentences into indirect speech, and change 15 sentences to direct speech.

This handout offers a three-step process for revising sentences for clarity: diagnose, analyze, revise. After reading an example sentence revision with a detailed explanation, learners complete three sample sentences using the three-step...

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. 

Good discussion questions, quizzes, and tests teach as well as assess. Readers of The Great Gatsby will learn much from the materials in a 36-page packet designed to help students prepare for the AP Literature exam. Included in the...

A simple set of practice sheets deals with sentence structure and patterns. The 117-page packet includes 10 units of skills, varying from identifying parts of speech in a sentence to writing the correct part to make a sentence...

These functional slides first show a list of parts of speech then a few sentences. In each subsequent slide, nouns are first highlighted, then pronouns on the next slide, and articles on the next slide, all using the same basic...

Use any story with this characterization worksheet! On the first page is a graphic organizer that encourages the reader to look for examples of direct characterization. On page two, read about direct and indirect characterizations,...