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Sentence Train
What child doesn't like trains? Use this fun idea to practice writing. Young readers learn to write complete sentences by using a train graphic organizer made out of construction paper. Each section of the train (engine, boxcar, and...
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Possessive Pronouns and Possessive Adjectives
An interactive, online worksheet, designed with drop down menus and blank fields, provides 24 pronoun-related exercises for pupils to complete. The resource could be adapted for a paper and pencil exercise. Appropriate for upper...
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Possessive Pronouns and Adjectives 3
This online, interactive worksheet provides eight simple sentences that require either changing possessive adjectives to possessive pronouns, or vice versa. The site allows the quiz taker to check their answer, get a hint, or look at the...
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Parts of Speech
Review advanced grammar concepts with this standard online interactive multiple choice quiz. Young grammarians must know simple grammar principles such as verbs, prepositions and adverbs as well as higher-level knowledge like passive vs....
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Plot/Poetry Review
Before a writer can create a well-composed piece, he/she needs to know the ropes. Review parts of speech, plot, and elements of poetry with this set of questions presented as a PowerPoint. The text, being white, is kind of difficult to...
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Adjectives - Describing Words
Here is a charming presentation on adjectives for young readers. Pupils consider sentences in each slide that have at least one adjective in them. They must find the adjective in each of the sentences and also the noun it describes. Good...
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Prepositions
The identification and use of prepositions is the focus of this presentation. Pupils practice identifying prepositions, and then attempt to use them in sentences they create. The eight slides are packed with great information, but it may...
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Gender of Nouns: Grade 2
Break down noun gender with a colorful grammar worksheet. Using word banks, learners classify and group nouns according to gender and write down feminine nouns that correspond to given masculine nouns. While this resource is labeled as a...
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English Exercises: Present Simple Exercises
Here is a blinking, wiggling interactive online practice exercise in which learners adapt 30 sentences to correctly use the present simple tense. They rewrite negative sentences as affirmatives. They may submit their answers to be scored.
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English Exercises: Present Continuous Tense
This resource appears to be interactive, but I could not get it to work online. However, it provides practice using modal verbs correctly, and could be printed and copied for use at a desk, or your could project it and discuss with the...
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English Exercises: Relative Pronouns
For this online, interactive worksheet, emerging grammarians respond to seven fill in the blank questions that require them to use relative pronouns. After completing the exercise, they can submit their answers for immediate feedback!
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Subject-Verb Agreement
Subject-verb agreement takes practice to master; give your learners a chance to put their skills to the test using these 10 sentences. They choose the correct verb from two options for each sentence. Encourage subject recognition and not...
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Language Arts Jeopardy
Review parts of speech, verb tense, The Giver by Lowis Lowery, the mechanics of writing, and vocabulary. This Jeopardy-style game is perfect for any 4th or 5th grade class having read the book The Giver and in need of language arts test...
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Parts of Speech 2
Prepositions, verb, and interjections! Have your class take this online quiz and see how well they know the parts of speech. There are 9 parts of speech to identify.
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Working with Tenses
Practice verb tense by filling in the blank. Learners evaluate the provided verb in the context of its sentence and then fill in the blank with the proper tense of that verb. There are 15 sentences to evaluate.
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Grammar-Quizzes.com: Adjective Clauses and Comma Usage
An online interactive quiz provides grammarians a chance to check their expertise with adjective clauses and comma usage. Many of the 15 examples deal with correct usage to avoid clauses that end in a preposition. Select the answer you...
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Teaching Grammar Without the Hammer: Five Fun Activities
There are five lessons on teaching grammar here for you to peruse. Two of them work well for kindergartners; one on teaching synonyms and one on teaching parts of speech by reading Tall Tales. These lessons are especially engaging and...
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Common and Proper Nouns
This worksheet helps young learners differentiate between common and proper nouns by coloring each of the examples on the page in either red or blue, depending on the type of noun.
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Worksheet 5/7 A Colony of Collective Nouns
Practice identifying and using collective nouns with this resource. For this activity, pupils circle the collective noun and the group that it describes in each sentence. They then use the collective nouns to write their own sentences....
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Collective Nouns
Explore collective nouns with this worksheet. Learners discover what collective nouns are and describe groups of animals by using the word bank to fill in the blanks in 9 sentences. Class members are also encouraged to create their own...
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Worksheet 3/7 A Gaggle of Collective Nouns
Encourage your class to identify the correct usage of collective nouns in sentences with this activity. Given three choices, with the collective nouns circled in each possible choice, class members choose the sentence in which the...
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Test Your Research Skills: Animals 1
Teach your class about the terms of venery, also known as collective nouns for groups of animals. For this exercise, pupils complete the gaps in 15 sentences with the correct collective noun for each group of animals. Ex: A _____ of...
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Worksheet 4/7 A Chain of Collective Nouns
Are you working on collective nouns in your class? Consider this activity to facilitate understanding. For this exercise, learners match the collective nouns in the left column with the groups or units in the right column and write the...
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Collective Nouns and Verb Agreement Practice
Break down subject and verb agreement with this exercise. This activity only deals with present tense verbs and collective nouns. Pupils learn how to make the verb of a sentence agree with the collective noun by reading sentences and,...