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Interactive
Curated OER

So that/ such that: emphasizing qualities and characteristics

For Students 5th - 8th
In this qualities and characteristics worksheet, students complete sentences with phrases starting with so that or such that while expressing qualities and characteristics. Students complete 10 problems.
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Worksheet
K12 Reader

Adverb Clauses in Sentences

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
If you'd like your class to write in varied sentence patterns, use a worksheet focused on adverb clauses to enhance their writing. After reading a short explanation and example of adverb clauses, young grammarians underline the part of...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Reductions in Sentences

For Students 8th - 10th
In this sentence reduction worksheet, students create shorter sentences by using one of three types of reductions. Students use either a time adverb clause reduction, a cause/effect adverb clause reduction, or an adjective clause...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Adjectives: Understand and Identify

For Students 4th - 6th
In this adjective worksheet, students read about adjectives and their uses, then underline all adjectives in each of 18 sentences.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Subordinate Clauses

For Students 9th - 10th
In this grammar worksheet, students read about subordinate clauses. Students read about adjective clauses and adverb clauses.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Describe That State

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Learners broaden knowledge about all the 50 states. They combine their knowledge about states with their knowledge about parts of speech to create grammatically correct sentences that describe the characteristics of the states.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Total English - Leisure Activities

For Students 4th - 5th
In this ELL grammar activity, students match verbs that describe leisure activities. They write 6 sentences using each activity and an adverb of frequency or a day of the week. They describe each of the leisure activities using 6...
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Organizer
Curated OER

Identifying Parts of Speech

For Students 4th - 5th
In this grammar worksheet, students master all parts of speech. Students complete 8 sentences, identifying every word and its purpose in each statement.
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Interactive
Curated OER

Preposition Combinations

For Students 5th - 7th
In this prepositions combinations worksheet, students discover the rules governing noun, verb, and adjective plus preposition combinations.  Students are also given three common types of sentence errors which involve prepositions.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Prepositions Used as Adverbs

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders discuss with the teacher what a prepositional phrase when used as an adverb describes. They then understand that adverb phrases will answer the questions: where, when, in what way, or to what extent. They then do student...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Compare: Er than/the-est

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this adjective comparison worksheet, students fill in blanks in sentences with the correct word or phrase given: er than or the-est. Students then combine sentences using "as."
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Parallelism, Including Correlative Conjunctions and Comparisons

For Students 7th - 10th
After reading the first reference page about parallel structure using correlative conjunctions, young learners rewrite nine sentences with errors in parallelism. Even the strongest writers in your language arts class could benefit from...
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Interactive
Curated OER

Using Commas: Interactive Practice

For Students 5th - 9th
Learners read an overview of comma usage rules and then take an online interactive quiz. First they answer 10 multiple choice questions in which they identify the sentence with incorrect usage. On the next page, they retype a given...
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Interactive
Curated OER

Noun Modifiers

For Students 5th - 8th
In this nouns to modifiers learning exercise, students choose the correct word to complete the sentence by changing the noun to a modifier. Students complete 20 sentences.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Parts of Speech

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this parts of speech worksheet, students are given words and they choose which part of speech it is. Students complete 9 problems total.
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PPT
Curated OER

Misplaced Modifiers

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Show your class how modifiers can be used properly and improperly. They will take a short quiz where they must choose between one of three sentences in 10 slides that correctly uses modifiers. This is a great review!
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Verbs

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Ninth graders define the term 'verb', differentiate between action and linking verbs, and distinguish between active and passive voice. Use this lesson to examine the effect of passive and active voice in writing.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Sentence Combining

For Students 6th - 9th Standards
Avoid short, choppy sentences in your class's writing by focusing on sentence structures. The first page in this two-page packet shows your class how to combine sentences using conjunctions, a list, an appositive, or compound predicate....
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Creating a Cinquain

For Students 4th - 5th
In this Language Arts worksheet, students read about how to create a cinquain poem. Students read an example and complete a graphic organizer to help guide them in writing their own.
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Unit Plan
University College London

University College London: Phrases

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This section of a University College of London online English-grammar book defines and provides examples of adjective phrases, adverb phrases, and prepositional phrases. It also provides an exercise, which can be evaluated and scored, on...
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Handout
University College London

University College London: More Phrase Types

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This University College London section of a chapter from an online English-grammar book defines and provides examples of different types of phrases, including noun phrases and verb phrases. This site is currently free but may not be in...
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Handout
Capital Community College Foundation

Guide to Grammar and Writing: Principles of Composition

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
If you are a teacher OR a student looking for a well-informed website on elements of the writing process, you are in luck! This site from the Capital Community College is very comprehensive and easy-to-navigate. From grammar basics to...
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Unit Plan
University of Calgary

Univ. Of Calgary: Sentence Elements: Phrase Functions

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This section of an online grammar guide provides information on how different types of phrases can function in a sentence. It also offers an interactive exercise for identifying phrase functions.
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Handout
Capital Community College Foundation

Guide to Grammar and Writing: Sentence Subject

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Part of larger website devoted to sentence structure, grammar, and writing skills, this tutorial teaches the subject of a sentence--the person, place, thing, or idea that is doing or being something.