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Grammar Worksheets: Using Strong Verbs
Strengthen your pupils' writing with this worksheet, which provides a reference guide to using strong verbs instead of forms of is and have. Learners then rewrite twelve sentences to make them stronger. This is a great activity to work...
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Writing a Comparison/Contrast Paragraph: Using Vivid Verbs
In this vivid verbs instructional activity, students complete three activities that help them use strong, vivid verbs in the comparison and contrast writing.
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Adverbs
Modify different verbs with a learning exercise about adverbs. Kids read 12 sentences and circle the adverbs in each, in addition to underlining the verb that they describe. Next, they write their own sentences and indicate the...
Poetry4kids
Personification Poetry Lesson Plan
Scholars take part in two exercises to boost their knowledge of personification. After reading a detailed description and excerpts from famous poems, writers list action verbs and objects then combine words to create a humorous...
Curated OER
Collocations-Verbs
In this adverb worksheet, students select the best adverb from the list to complete each of eleven sentences. Each sentence is missing one word.
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What's It Made Of? What's It Used For?
In this passive present simple verb learning exercise, students in groups pick a card and practice describing the object for their group to guess what they are talking about. Students generate how big it is, what it's used for and/or...
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Adverbs
In this adverbs worksheet, students answer short answer questions about adverbs and identify parts of speech in sentences. Students complete 22 problems.
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Texas Gateway: Polish Tone, Style, and Figurative Language
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson, you will learn strategies for evaluating and revising the tone, style, and figurative language in an essay. It also includes practice exercises.