Reed Novel Studies
Of Mice and Men: Novel Study
Why is personification such a popular literary device for many authors? Learners answer the question as they engage in activities from the novel study for the classic Of Mice and Men. They also scan the novel to find examples of the...
Reed Novel Studies
The True Blue Scouts of Sugar Man Swamp: Novel Study
Wild feral hogs and an alligator wrestler are just two interesting aspects of Kathi Appelt's novel The True Blue Scouts of Sugar Man Swamp. Using the novel study, scholars search the text for examples of the eight parts of speech....
K12 Reader
Add an Interjection
Wow! Here's a activity about interjections! After reading a brief definition of this part of speech, young grammarians select an interjection from the provided word bank to add to a sentence.
K12 Reader
Replace with Proper Nouns
Three paragraphs make up a practice page all about proper nouns. Young grammarians choose from 12 words to fill in the blanks and complete sentences with the correct part of speech.
K12 Reader
Find the Collective Noun
Scholars read eight sentences in order to identify then underline the collective noun in a part of speech practice page.
K12 Reader
Find the Pieces: Predicate Adjective, Noun and Verb
This activity is helpful! Young grammarians review ten simple sentences, each with a subject, linking verb, and predicate adjective, before noting each part of speech appropriately.
Curriculum Corner
Sports of All Sorts
Do your students love sports? Do they love math and reading? If the first answer is yes and the second is no, a resource with sports-themed math and literacy games may change their minds! Learners move through stations to practice...
Shakespeare Uncovered
Henry IV, Part I: Does Father Know Best?
“Yea, there thou mak’st me sad and mak’st me sin/In envy that my Lord Northumberland/Should be the father to so blest a son--.” Henry IV, Part I, provides the text for a series of exercises that ask class members to examine the...
Curated OER
Configuration Station
Here is a unique configuration station worksheet which invites learners to complete thirty questions involving a variety of activities with the eight parts of speech and grammar rules.
Film English
If At First You Don't Succeed
When faced with a challenge, how do your pupils respond? Starting with character analyses, learners participate in a lesson about appearances and perseverance. They watch a short film, talk about common English expressions, and write a...
Curated OER
Business English at Work: Verb Tense, Voice and Mood-Verbals
Demonstrate the various tenses of irregular and regular verbs. The verbs be, do, and have are charted out for the present tense, past tense, and past and present participles. Likewise, many regular verbs are conjugated into present,...
Curated OER
Identify the Underlined Part of Speech
In this grammar activity, students identify the underlined part of speech in twenty sentences. Students check their answers when done.
Curated OER
Parts of Speech Table
In this identifying the missing words in a parts of speech table worksheet, students read columns of adjectives, adverbs, nouns, and verbs and fill in the missing words. Students write fill in 40 blanks.
Curated OER
English Exercises: Verb Tenses Exercises
In this online interactive English worksheet, students respond to 30 multiple choice questions that require them to use verb tenses appropriately. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
Curated OER
Figures of Speech: Quiz 2
Hyperbole, simile, metaphor, and personification are spotlighted on an online/interactive quiz. Test takers read short passages and then identify the figures of speech used.
Jolly Learning Ltd
Jolly Grammar Action Chart
An excellent grammar reference page from Jolly Phonics provides definitions and actions to remember several fundamental parts of speech. The methods are interesting for learners who have a hard time remembering the differences between...
Curated OER
BBC Learning English, Prepositions
In this preposition worksheet, students determine what preposition is missing from the dialogue between two people. This exercise is particularly useful for English language learners.
Curated OER
English Exercises: Schoolhouse Rock
"Conjunction, junction, what's your function?" The lyrics to the classic Schoolhouse Rock episode "Conjunction Junction" accompany what was once a link to the video. Video has been "removed by the user," but it would be a snap to find...
Curated OER
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...
Curated OER
Total English Elementary: Which Ones?
A reading paragraph to correct, and nine questions related to possessive pronouns awaits your budding grammarians. This two-part worksheet includes a page for the class and one for the teacher. Don't you just love teacher notes?
Curated OER
English in Mind Unit 3: Grammar Practice
In this English grammar worksheet, students create negative sentences from given positive sentences, write answers to questions, and complete sentences using the correct object pronoun. Students answer twenty six fill in the blank and...
Curated OER
Passive Voice: English Project
Here’s a great idea: Have your class members create presentations about a grammar issue! “English Project” is a colorful, student-produced PowerPoint focused on passive voice. The presentation could be used as a lesson and as a model for...
K12 Reader
Order of Adjectives: Circle the Correct One
Which comes first in an adjective phrase: a word denoting a noun's quality, or a word describing a noun's function? If your elementary grammarians don't know the answer, have them review ten pairs of adjective phrases and circle the one...
CK-12 Foundation
Commonsense Composition
Any teacher with common sense should use the perfect resource to improve composition skills. Perfect for flipped lessons and station rotation, the text details information about genres of writing with guiding questions for readers....