K12 Reader
Identifying Adverbs
Work on adverbs and adverbial phrases with a grammar worksheet. After reading 15 sentences with adverbs, learners circle the adverbs and adverbial phrases and note what question they are answering (when, how, where, and how much).
Teacher Created Resources
Complex Sentences Made Easy
Support scholars' ability to write complex sentences with a two-page activity designed to inform and reinforce. Here, learners obtain a brief overview of what a complex sentence is and how one is made; then apply their new-found...
Curated OER
Sentence Combining/Sentence Variety
Challenge your writers to improve their writing by introducing them to 10 strategies they can use to vary their sentence structures. Each strategy is described and examples given. Pupils then create their own sentences using this...
Curated OER
Sentence Construction: What is a Sentence?
What must a sentence contain in order to be complete? What different types of sentences exist? Look at declarative, interrogative, and exclamatory sentences with this 17-slide presentation. Several example sentences are shown, and the...
K12 Reader
Adverbs of Frequency II
Describe your daily activities with adverbs of frequency. Kids recall which things they seldom do, they rarely do, they frequently do, and the things that they never do.
K12 Reader
Working with Adverbs
Encourage critical thinking with a grammar exercise that focuses on adverbs and adverbial phrases. Kids read the first parts of 16 sentences, then decide which question to answer (how, how much, where, or when) based on the context, and...
K12 Reader
Eating with Adverbs
All the sentences on this adverb worksheet share a focus on eating—where, when, and how people are dining.
Nosapo
Writing about a Meal
You don't need to be a food critic to describe your meal accurately! A series of activities introduce learners to vivid adjectives when writing about the taste, smell, and feel of food. After working with word choice, parts of a...
K12 Reader
Adverb Clauses in Sentences
If you'd like your class to write in varied sentence patterns, use a activity focused on adverb clauses to enhance their writing. After reading a short explanation and example of adverb clauses, young grammarians underline the part of...
K12 Reader
Playing with Adverbs
Kids demonstrate their understanding of the different types of adverbs by using the clues provided to add a how, when, or where words to sentences.
Curated OER
Writing Interesting Sentences
Help your class build their own 20-word sentences with this step-by-step guide designed to enhance sentence depth, interest, and variety in the work of young writers. They complete five basic SVO sentences using a given word bank. Then...
Core Knowledge Foundation
Third Grade Skills Unit 5: Adventures in Light and Sound
Light and sound are the themes of a unit focused on third-grade skills. Scholars practice spelling patterns, grammar—adverbs, adjectives, synonyms, writing sentences with conjunctions, and listening and responding to read-aloud. Over...
Curated OER
Recipe for Sensational Sentences
'Cook-up' sensational sentences with your class. They expand sentences by adding more descriptive words. Then discuss the importance of using appropriate grade level language in daily speaking and writing.
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Sentence Structure: Sentence Types
Sixth graders identify parts that make up different types of sentences with a grammar presentation. The last few slides prompt learners to complete 10 exercises in which they indicate whether each sentence is simple, compound, complex,...
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Writing Sentences with Adverbs
In this grammar learning exercise, students write 10 original sentences using the adverbs that are listed in a word bank at the top of the page. They use words such as quickly, slowly, and gladly.
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Writing Sentences with Adverbs
In this grammar worksheet, learners write 10 original sentences using the adverbs that are given in a word bank at the top of the page. They use words such as speedily, patiently, and swiftly.
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Improve Writing
Help your young writers improve their writing skills by showing this great PowerPoint. It includes various tips to improve writing: varying sentence length, beginning with a verb, and lots more! This is a wonderful presentation to show...
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Spanish Sentence Structure
Instruct your class on how to put together a sentence in Spanish. The resource covers the different parts of speech, showing how the Spanish version of each sentence compares with the English version. While there are no procedures...
Kids Learning Station
Adverbs
Modify different verbs with a worksheet 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 appropriate...
K12 Reader
Questioning Adverbs
How do adverbs enhance the meanings of verbs? Use a instructional activity that prompts kids to identify what question adverbs are answering: when, where, or how.
Worksheet Web
Heteronyms
Challenge scholars to identify and use heteronyms in a sentence with a two-page worksheet designed to boost grammar skills.
Curated OER
Complex Sentences Made Easy
Take the complexity out of writing complex sentences. Young writers practice taking two ideas and putting them together to make a complex sentence. Create a list of subordinating conjunctions to help each individual make better sentences.
Curated OER
The Heart of Your Paper: 11 Methods for Writing a Topic Sentence (or a Thesis Statement)
Help your young writers produce high-quality topic and thesis statements that go beyond basic wording and really illustrate complex ideas and critical thinking skills. From however and compound sentence statements to using rhetorical...
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Sentence Fragments
As middle and high schoolers experiment with their writing styles, it's easy to slip in a few accidental sentence fragments. After reading a full-page of information regarding how to identify and avoid sentence fragments, learners...