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San José State University

Revising for Clarity: Characters and Their Actions

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
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...
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Curated OER

Past Participles

For Students 6th - 12th
Consider this online resource that includes accurate information about past participles for a reference material for your Spanish language, or as a source of inspiration for your own lesson. Beginning with a definition of past...
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San José State University

Avoiding Nominalization

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
Improve syntax with this explanatory handout. It clarifies one way to make writing more precise: avoiding nominalization. This resource provides four ways to find and change nominalization problems and 10 sentences to correct. There are...
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Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Purdue University Owl: Active and Passive Voice

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A good resource that clearly outlines the differences, uses, and purposes of the active and passive voice, both in writing and in verb construction. Includes charts and examples. Click through all the sub-topics for the complete...
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Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Purdue University Owl: Voice and Mood

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A helpful outline of verb structures, including active and passive voice. Imperative, indicative, and subjunctive moods are also included. A printable version is linked.
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Capital Community College Foundation

Guide to Grammar and Writing: Verbs and Verbals

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This resource is a grammar primer page that focuses on verbs and verbals. It provides information and practice for verb tenses, verb forms, active and passive voice, and much more. L.9-10.4b Patterns/word changes, L.11-12.4b...
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Capital Community College Foundation

Guide to Grammar and Writing: Irregular Verbs

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
An extensive look at verbs in all their various forms and uses. A very valuable and easy to understand resource with many examples.
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English Club

English Club: Learn English: Verbs: Voice: Active or Passive Quiz

For Students 9th - 10th
Determine if each of these ten sentences is written in active voice or in passive voice. Answers are provided.
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English Club

English Club: Learn English: Verbs: Passive and Active Voices

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Explanations and examples of active and passive voices. Links to additional information, examples and a quiz are also available.
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Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Purdue University Owl: Sequence of Tenses

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This Purdue University tutorial covers active and passive voices through simple examples.
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University of North Carolina

University of North Carolina: Writing Center: Fragments and Run Ons

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
What are sentence fragments and run-on sentences? Explore this informative resource to review the meaning and some examples of these. Provides techniques for avoiding fragments and run-ons in writing assignments.
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University of North Carolina

Univ. Of North Carolina: Seeing and Correcting Sentence Fragments and Run Ons

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
What is a sentence fragment and a run-on sentence? Explore this informative resource to review the meaning and some examples of these. Students and teachers can utilize this informative site to improve their writing skills.
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Other

Tidewater Community College: Writing Center: Grammar Guidelines

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Get a collection of self-help handouts on different parts of speech and common usage topics.