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Unit Plan
Core Knowledge Foundation

Second Grade Skills Unit 4: The Job Hunt

For Teachers 2nd Standards
Second graders practice skills, including spelling, grammar, and reading. Pupils examine vowel sounds and tricky words, nouns, and verbs. They begin the writing process by drafting a persuasive letter and decoding texts.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Ser vs estar

For Teachers 6th - 11th
Determining between the Spanish verbs "ser" and "estar" can be confusing. Use this PowerPoint to practice. There are thirty-eight slides with fill-in-the-blank sentences for students to decide whether "ser" or "estar" is used. Tip:...
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Interactive
Arcademics

Verb Viper

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Scholars show what they know about verbs with a quick snake-themed learning game. While verbs scroll across the screen, a viper snaps at correct combinations of subjects and verbs. Practice takes a look at to be and have verbs,...
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Activity
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Grammar Games and Activities

For Teachers 2nd - 8th Standards
Thirty pages of grammar activities? Your young grammarians will be well versed in the parts of speech, basic verb tenses, and much more after completing even a handful of these exercises. 
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Worksheet
First English

Simple Present - To Be Worksheet

For Students 3rd - 8th
Practice the present tense with one particular verb. Learners show that they can conjugate to be and then fill in the correct form in 10 sentences.
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Worksheet
First English

Simple Present

For Students 3rd - 8th
To be, or not to be? That is... almost the question. Instead of choosing between those two choices, learners conjugate the verb to be into the simple present tense for 20 short sentences.
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PPT
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Eliminating Wordiness

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Teach your class how to write concisely and edit writing. The slide show covers be verbs, active voice, passive voice, repetitive wording, and more. Complete with numerous examples and images, it is a comprehensive resource that could be...
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Interactive
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Tag Questions with "Be"

For Students 3rd - 6th
A quickie-clickie, online interactive matching exercise has learners choose the correct tag to turn each of 10 declarative sentences into questions. Answers are available at the click of a button, and learners don't need to even attempt...
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Worksheet
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Subject-Verb Agreement - To Be (was,were)

For Students 6th - 8th
Was he or were they? Young grammarians are challenged to use the correct past tense form of to be in the 10 sentences of a grammar practice worksheet. Because no definitions or examples are given, you might use the exercise as an...
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Worksheet
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The Past Tense -- Simple Past

For Students 3rd - 5th
A quick review of the past tense begins this worksheet. It focuses on the simple past, and has a diagram to identify past actions in visual terms. Adding -ed or -ied is explained, and the past forms of to be are clarified. However, it...
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Interactive
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Auxiliary Verbs and the Verb To Be in Questions

For Students 4th - 5th
There are 10 questions for this simple auxiliary verb activity. Each question has three multiple choice answers provided, and learners must choose the word that correctly fits in the blank provided. 
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Worksheet
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The Verb

For Students 2nd - 4th
"Are," "Is," and, "Am" are the three verb phrases used in this grammar worksheet. Leaners fill in one of these words in 10 different sentences. A good, basic grammar rules worksheet.
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Worksheet
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Worksheet 1: Singular Nouns

For Students 1st - 3rd
A basic worksheet on filling in nouns awaits your charges. They use a list of vocabulary words to fill-in-the-blanks in this worksheet. This worksheet provides a way for young writers to practice vocabulary and the use of a and an.
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PPT
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Verbs

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Help your class determine how to correctly use is and are in sentences. Learners read a series of sentences with the verbs is and are, and then analyze how they are used. Next, they fill in the blanks for sentences missing the verb is...
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Interactive
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"To Be" Worksheet

For Students 2nd - 4th
For this interactive grammar worksheet, learners type in the correct form of the verb "to be" in the 12 sentences. There is also a word search activity to complete.
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Interactive
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To Be - Interrogative particles - pronouns

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this to be worksheet, students complete sentences, choose the correct words for sentences, complete a word search, and more. Students complete 5 activities total.
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Interactive
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Possessive Adjectives With the Verb "To Be"

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this interactive grammar worksheet, students complete the illustrated sentences by using the correct possessive adjective. There are eight fill-in questions and 10 sentence formation fill-in's.
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Worksheet
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Can, Could and To Be Able To Exercise

For Students 4th - 5th
In this recognizing the infinitive, present, and past tenses of "to be able to" learning exercise, students complete sentences by filling in the blanks with the correct verb choices. Students choose 10 multiple choice answers.
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Worksheet
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Usage of Is, Are, and Was, Were

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this using the verbs is, are, was, and were worksheet, students read incomplete sentences and choose the correct verbs to complete the sentences. Students bubble and write ten words.
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Worksheet
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The Verb "To Be" Review

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this verbs of being worksheet, students complete each of 10 sentences with a correct verb form. Some sentences will use the negative form.
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Worksheet
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Past Tense Subject/Verb Agreement

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this past tense subject/verb agreement worksheet, students determine verbs in sentences. In this multiple choice worksheet, students complete ten sentences.
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Worksheet
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Present Simple Tense

For Students Higher Ed
For this ESL worksheet, students will focus on the usage of the verb form "to be." Students will create ten questions, by unscrambling the words provided.
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Lesson Plan
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Predicate Noun/ Predicate Adjective Recognition Practice

For Teachers 5th - 7th
In this predicate noun and predicate adjective worksheet, students analyze 10 sentences. Students make 3 columns on a piece of paper with the headings: Subject, Verb, Predicate Noun or Predicate Adjective. Students identify each part of...
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Worksheet
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Present Simple 'Yes/No' Questions with 'Be'

For Students 3rd - 5th
Teach your class how to use the verb "to be" properly in sentences with this worksheet. For this activity, learners compose questions using the present simple forms of to be such as is, are, and am. The directions are limited, so you...